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→Sniffing for “Firefox” : Bad: post-spring 2006 now
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===Sniffing for “Firefox” : Bad === | ===Sniffing for “Firefox” : Bad === | ||
For example, many sites currently sniff for “Firefox” (or perhaps “Firefox/1.0.x” or “Firefox/1.5.0.x”) and send those user-agents code tailored to Gecko’s capabilites and bugs (or Gecko 1.7.x’s or Gecko 1.8.0.x’s) and ignore other Gecko-based browsers, perhaps sending them code “tailored” for unknown user-agents, perhaps lumping other current Gecko browsers with archaic Netscape releases, or, in extreme cases denying entry, sending unstyled content, or the like. ( | For example, many sites currently sniff for “Firefox” (or perhaps “Firefox/1.0.x” or “Firefox/1.5.0.x”) and send those user-agents code tailored to Gecko’s capabilites and bugs (or Gecko 1.7.x’s or Gecko 1.8.0.x’s) and ignore other Gecko-based browsers, perhaps sending them code “tailored” for unknown user-agents, perhaps lumping other current Gecko browsers with archaic Netscape releases, or, in extreme cases denying entry, sending unstyled content, or the like. (Since spring 2006, sniffing for “Firefox” no longer detects development versions of Firefox, which are branded differently and have user-agent strings to match this branding.) | ||
===Sniffing for “Gecko” : Good=== | ===Sniffing for “Gecko” : Good=== | ||