faulty web design: workaround ?

[Peter]

Hi,

I have a firefox problem on Linux. The uspto has patent drawings in 
tiff. When accessing them with firefox I get a missing plugin for mime 
text/tiff. But I do not need one, as tiff is rendered natively and/or in 
display. So the kludge implemented by the uspto website to accomodate a 
broken browser, so it can display tiff, actually breaks an unbroken 
browser (firefox) and prevents it from displaying content which it could 
display. Does anyone have a workaround ?

Sample URL:

http://patimg1.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=US005067932&SectionNum=2&IDKey=188CFF095B73&HomeUrl=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1%2526Sect2=HITOFF%2526d=PALL%2526p=1%2526u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm%2526r=1%2526f=G%2526l=50%2526s1=5,067,932.WKU.%2526OS=PN/5,067,932%2526RS=PN/5,067,932

(RIM is not alone anymore, it is a about to be joined by Toyota - see 
Slashdot story on Prius).

Peter
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