MediaFire Issue

[Baby Naruto]

My Issue: Whenever I try to access http://www.mediafire.com/myfiles.php to upload and manage my files, I get a page saying that I need to update Firefox to the latest version.

My Question: Can I work around this without having to update Firefox to a newer version?

Note 1: I am currently using Firefox 3.6.24, and I refuse to upgrade to a newer version or use another web browser.

Note 2: Only the MyFiles page on MediaFire is giving me trouble, I can still download files from MediaFire and access/use other websites just fine using Firefox 3.6.24.

[krumm]

You can try something like User Agent Switcher.

[Baby Naruto]

You can try something like User Agent Switcher.

I'm a little bit confused, how would switching my user agent for MediaFire allow me to access MediaFire's MyFiles's page?

[Bob2004]

You can try something like User Agent Switcher.

I'm a little bit confused, how would switching my user agent for MediaFire allow me to access MediaFire's MyFiles's page?

If it thinks you're using a newer browser, then it won't show that page. But I'm guessing they wouldn't just block a version for no reason, so it may well be that there is some bug or incompatibility which stops that page from working in firefox 3.

Honestly, you should just upgrade to a newer version of Firefox - there's really no benefit at all to sticking with such an outdated browser, and if it's stopping some websites from working, then that's all the more reason to fix it. What's so bad about newer versions of FF, anyway?

[Baby Naruto]

You can try something like User Agent Switcher.

I'm a little bit confused, how would switching my user agent for MediaFire allow me to access MediaFire's MyFiles's page?

If it thinks you're using a newer browser, then it won't show that page. But I'm guessing they wouldn't just block a version for no reason, so it may well be that there is some bug or incompatibility which stops that page from working in firefox 3.

Thanks for the explanation , very helpful !

Honestly, you should just upgrade to a newer version of Firefox - there's really no benefit at all to sticking with such an outdated browser, and if it's stopping some websites from working, then that's all the more reason to fix it. What's so bad about newer versions of FF, anyway?

My main problems with the newer firefox are the following.

1.) The Status Bar at the bottom. I can't make it look like it was in Firefox 3.6.24.
2.) When I right click on a link, Open Link in New Tab is above Open Link in New Window, instead of Open Link in New Window being above Open Link in New Tab.
3.) Selecting Tools -> Addons makes the add-ons window show up as a new tab, instead as a new window.
4.) Oh and yeah, some of my add-ons are incompatible.

That's all I can think of right now.

[Bob2004]

You can try something like User Agent Switcher.

I'm a little bit confused, how would switching my user agent for MediaFire allow me to access MediaFire's MyFiles's page?

If it thinks you're using a newer browser, then it won't show that page. But I'm guessing they wouldn't just block a version for no reason, so it may well be that there is some bug or incompatibility which stops that page from working in firefox 3.

Thanks for the explanation , very helpful !

Honestly, you should just upgrade to a newer version of Firefox - there's really no benefit at all to sticking with such an outdated browser, and if it's stopping some websites from working, then that's all the more reason to fix it. What's so bad about newer versions of FF, anyway?

My main problems with the newer firefox are the following.

1.) The Status Bar at the bottom. I can't make it look like it was in Firefox 3.6.24.
2.) When I right click on a link, Open Link in New Tab is above Open Link in New Window, instead of Open Link in New Window being above Open Link in New Tab.
3.) Selecting Tools -> Addons makes the add-ons window show up as a new tab, instead as a new window.
4.) Oh and yeah, some of my add-ons are incompatible.

That's all I can think of right now.

You're using an older version which is slower, much less secure, and increasingly becoming incompatible with some sites (such as Mediafire) because of tiny niggling reasons like those? You'll get used to the first three after using it for an hour or two, they're not even problems to begin with, you're just used to the old UI.

I can understand the fourth being an issue if it's an important addon you use a lot, but the newer addons format has been around long enough that you should at least be able to find another addon to do the same thing, even if what you currently have is no longer being maintained.

[vuzedome]

Just update your browser, or install a second browser just for this but then that would be dumber.

[Blanchimont]

1.) The Status Bar at the bottom. I can't make it look like it was in Firefox 3.6.24.
2.) When I right click on a link, Open Link in New Tab is above Open Link in New Window, instead of Open Link in New Window being above Open Link in New Tab.
3.) Selecting Tools -> Addons makes the add-ons window show up as a new tab, instead as a new window.
4.) Oh and yeah, some of my add-ons are incompatible.

1. Status-4-Evar
2. Menu Editor
3. Classicish Add-on Manager
or Add-ons Manager Dialog Returns
4. Then find some replacements. Though I admit there are a few that can be hard. Only recently found a replacement for 'Show Anchors'...

[Baby Naruto]

1.) The Status Bar at the bottom. I can't make it look like it was in Firefox 3.6.24.
2.) When I right click on a link, Open Link in New Tab is above Open Link in New Window, instead of Open Link in New Window being above Open Link in New Tab.
3.) Selecting Tools -> Addons makes the add-ons window show up as a new tab, instead as a new window.
4.) Oh and yeah, some of my add-ons are incompatible.

1.) Status-4-Evar
2.) Menu Editor
3.) Classicish Add-on Manager
or Add-ons Manager Dialog Returns
4.) Then find some replacements. Though I admit there are a few that can be hard. Only recently found a replacement for 'Show Anchors'...

Thank you for all of your help, if I ever do upgrade to 8.0 again, I will surely install these.

[Lord of Fire]

For incompatible add-ons, install Add-on Compatibility Reporter. It will allow you to use your add-ons as normal, no matter how old they are. There's a chance some of them might not work, but I haven't encountered any issues in Firefox 8 yet, and I have 6 old add-ons (some of which haven't been updated since Firefox 4).

[ios]

i just use the latest google chrome and i got no problems on the new mediafire
and also i heard this problems of yours already in so many places they all use firefox too so switch to a better browser

[krumm]

i just use the latest google chrome and i got no problems on the new mediafire
and also i heard this problems of yours already in so many places they all use firefox too so switch to a better browser

Better browser is a matter of opinion.  I personally would use IE before using google chrome.  If I am going to use a locked down browser (or anything for that matter) it's going to be the one I don't need to install\mess with. 

Be careful about using the word better.  Better for me would be more customization.  Remember UI developers are stupid so we need ways to correct what they screw up.

[ios]

Better browser is a matter of opinion.  I personally would use IE before using google chrome.  If I am going to use a locked down browser (or anything for that matter) it's going to be the one I don't need to install\mess with. 

Be careful about using the word better.  Better for me would be more customization.  Remember UI developers are stupid so we need ways to correct what they screw up.

while i agree with you that better is subjective or depends on personal taste, remember that this thread is subjectively pertaining to the new mediafire upload system so the word better that i use was intended to say that google chrome has no problems on what the original poster was asking for 

[AnimeJanai]

and also i heard this problems of yours already in so many places they all use firefox too so switch to a better browser

Better is such a subjective word for browsers.  Since IE is the only browser allowed on my PC, it is therefore the best one to use as compared to Firefox or Chrome.  IE is better than Chrome or Firefox.

With browsers, the word "better" is more an ideological term than it is a compatibility or performance term.  A lot of people like to have ideology, but under ideology, it is legitimate to benchmark performance comparisons between IE 6 vs the latest FireFox or Chrome and find that IE6 truthfully outperforms FireFox and Chrome (since runtime files for FireFox and Chrome are entered into the antivirus programs' block and delete lists).  With ideology, I am not lying when I truthfully say that IE6 totally outperforms all versions of FireFox or Chrome now and forever.   And that's the danger of ideology of having either Internet Explorer or Ayn Rand (Republicanism) economics as being best in all cases and situations.