Ok, super, thanks. I never even thought to use the develop menu. I use it all the time to force websites to use their mobile version by choosing the Safari IoS iPhone under the develop menu. > On Jan 12, 2015, at 1:07 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > This appears to be an Amazon problem. Amazon puts up the message in the HTML > like this: > > <div tabindex="0" class="airy-video-unsupported-prompt">Sorry, this video is > unsupported on this browser.</div> > > If I use Safari and use some developer tools to make it lie and say it is > some other browser, the video plays just fine. So Safari is perfectly capable > of playing the video and it it is Amazon which is blocking Safari through > their code, accidentally or otherwise. > > If you want to pretend to be another browser to make this work you need to > enable the Developer menu in Preferences then Advanced. At the very end is a > checkbox that says "Show Develop menu in menu bar". With that turned on you > can go to that menu in the toolbar in Safari, choose User Agent and then pick > one of the non-Safari browser. You'll still be running Safari but you'll be > telling Amazon you're on Firefox or whatever. Then Amazon will no longer hate > your browser and let the video play. Forums are full of complaints about this > going back to at least July so it doesn't sound like Amazon cares. This > happens on iOS as well. > > CB > > On 1/12/15 2:33 PM, Christina C. wrote: >> Apologies, I should have thought of that. It’s the very first review that >> comes up if the reviews are sorted by most helpful. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Nite-Ize-SLG-03-02-Anywhere-Resistant/dp/B001E8BA9M/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1421091025&sr=1-3 >> >> <http://www.amazon.com/Nite-Ize-SLG-03-02-Anywhere-Resistant/dp/B001E8BA9M/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1421091025&sr=1-3> >> Christina >>> On Jan 11, 2015, at 8:25 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Can you share a link to one of the Amazon video reviews that is not working? >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 1/11/15 9:01 PM, Christina C. wrote: >>>> Hi, often when going through reviews on Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/> >>>> there is a video review and I often get this message and cannot access the >>>> video. >>>> >>>> "Sorry, this video is unsupported on this browser.“ >>>> >>>> I have the latest flash plug in for Safari installed. 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