Why does Hotmail Look Different on FreeBSD?

knightjp

knightjp

I have a Hotmail account that I access from time to time. It was my first ever email address.
I use Firefox on a Windows PC at work and Firefox on a FreeBSD machine at home. Why do both the interfaces look different?
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This is what it looks like on FreeBSD

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And this is what it looks like on the Windows PC. And its just Hotmail. Other site all look the same on both machines.

I prefer the interface on the Windows PC. All emails with pictures and stuff render well. On FreeBSD, I have to click and allow the media to be downloaded.

Any ideas? Theories?
 
The first screenshot shows an older design I think. I've seen both designs with Microsoft web apps.

One theory would be that they try to examine the User-Agent header and their server-side code gets confused by the one Firefox on FreeBSD sends...

In that case, look for some "user-agent switcher" extension and try a value for "Firefox on Windows".
 
zirias@ said:
The first screenshot shows an older design I think. I've seen both designs with Microsoft web apps.

One theory would be that they try to examine the User-Agent header and their server-side code gets confused by the one Firefox on FreeBSD sends...

In that case, look for some "user-agent switcher" extension and try a value for "Firefox on Windows".
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How do I do that?
 
This is interesting. I don't use hotmail but a lot of websites are designed with specific things like fonts and sizes, so even on Windows, make it use the same font and sizes as the FreeBSD and see what it looks like.
 
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