[Ward]

On an infrequent visit to the MSNBC site, I encountered a video I wanted to watch. Launching the video jumps to http://video.msn.com/, which announces ...

This product requires Microsoft© Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft© Media Player 10, and Macromedia Flash 6. To download these free software applications, click the links below and follow the on-screen instructions.

The link for the MS Media Player ultimately leads to a page offering MS Media Player 9 (October 2003) and Flip4Mac, both of which are already installed on my Mac.

WMV files on other sites play fine in OmniWeb (although far from QuickTime quality).

Does anyone have a trick to get past the browser detection at MSN?

[xraydoc]

Sorry to be smart ass, but MSNBC and MSN are not exactly Mac-friendly places. Microsoft, as you've guessed, just isn't too keen on Mac support, if you know what I mean.