124
edits
User:Sardisson/Gecko is Gecko: Difference between revisions
more tweaks and links
(add a few more items, format) |
(more tweaks and links) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''a rough draft of some thoughts on what to tell web designers and web application developers about browser sniffing and Gecko browsers'' | ''a rough draft of some thoughts on what to tell web designers and web application developers about browser sniffing and Gecko browsers'' | ||
=“Gecko is Gecko” or, ''A Guide for Web Designers and Web Application Developers''= | =“Gecko is Gecko” or, ''A Guide for Web Designers and Web Application Developers who “Must” Sniff User-Agent Strings''= | ||
Many designers and developers tailor their websites to specific browsers and then use user-agent sniffing to send different bits of code to different browsers. This is a poor practice for a number of reasons: | Many designers and developers tailor their websites to specific browsers and then use user-agent sniffing to send different bits of code to different browsers. This is a poor practice for a number of reasons: | ||
* Browsers you’ve never heard of | * Browsers you’ve never heard of | ||
| Line 38: | Line 38: | ||
(add links as appropriate) | (add links as appropriate) | ||
==References== | |||
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Gecko Gecko] | |||
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Browser_Detection_and_Cross_Browser_Support Browser Detection and Cross Browser Support] | |||
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Gecko_Compatibility_Handbook Gecko Compatibility Handbook] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_%28layout_engine%29#Web_browsers Wikipedia's list of Gecko-based web browsers] | |||