filling out FAFSA for college, incompatibe browser detected, downloaded firefox upgrade and it still doesn't work
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The reason is the site doesn't support FF 8.0 yet. Either use Internet Explorer for the time being, or use this add-on to (temporarily) change the User Agent of the browser.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/
(The user agent is what the browser tells websites, so they can work out what version you are running)
Ripped from the site;
Supported Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers: Windows XP - Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 Windows Vista - Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0 Windows 7 - Internet Explorer 8.0
Supported Mozilla Firefox browsers: Windows XP - Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x and 3.6.x Windows Vista - Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x and 3.6.x Windows 7 - Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x and 3.6.x Macintosh Operating System 10.5 - Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x and 3.6.x Macintosh Operating System 10.4 - Mozilla Firefox 3.6