WebGadget - not a 'full' browser

[Perkin]

I'm trying to get some code working on linux, which works perfectly well in Windows,
but the WebGadget isn't being recognised as being a 'full' browser - as though it's a mobile device.

See this topic for details.

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 15&t=47892

The code simply opens a window with a WebGadget and directs it to a site, but the Linux version get's redirected to a warning page.

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url.s="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_two"
OpenWindow(0,400,50,420,720,"BBC Radio 2", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_MinimizeGadget)
WebGadget(1,0,0,420,720,url)
Repeat
  evn = WaitWindowEvent()
Until evn = #PB_Event_CloseWindow

[IdeasVacuum]

In Windows there is a dependency, the Atl.dll, which wants to be in the same folder as your app. Could it be that something similar is required on Linux?

[Kuron]

Are you sure the BBC site isn't buggy?

[Perkin]

Are you sure the BBC site isn't buggy?

Quite possibly, however...

The code sample works perfectly well from Windows (XP and 7)
and the url opens fine and streams from several browsers.
(IE/FF/Chrome/Opera on Windows, and FF on Linux)

Other BBC addresses (non streaming) seem to load fine from same code, but as this is specifically the page I want to open, I would like to resolve this problem.

[Kuron]

Are you sure the BBC site isn't buggy?

Quite possibly, however...

The code sample works perfectly well from Windows (XP and 7)
and the url opens fine and streams from several browsers.
(IE/FF/Chrome/Opera on Windows, and FF on Linux)

Other BBC addresses (non streaming) seem to load fine from same code, but as this is specifically the page I want to open, I would like to resolve this problem.

It sounds like the BBC site is buggy. The player on that page sounds like it is only detecting the major browsers and doing so by browser name instead of rendering engine.

This really sounds like a buggy site and not a PB issue and given the number of errors on that web page, I am even more convinced.

[IdeasVacuum]

There probably isn't a website that is totally bug free but the BBC site is constantly maintained - the fact that practically any browser on the Windows platform can view/play the specific BBC page of interest without issues suggests that the page is not faulty - it would be interesting to know from other Linux (or indeed Mac) Users if they experience a problem with that page on their machines. I wonder what, if any, hardware resource the browsers might be using on Windows - could it be that the browser support on Windows is better than it is on Linux, and something required for the page streaming is not made available on Linux?