Posted by Neredbojias on 11/25/05 09:29

With neither quill nor qualm, Onideus Mad Hatter quothed:

> On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:06:47 GMT, Michael Winter
> <m.winter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >[Follow-ups trimmed to alt.h]
> >
> >On 24/11/2005 11:35, Neredbojias wrote:
> >
> >> With neither quill nor qualm, Onideus Mad Hatter quothed:
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >>> http://www.backwater-productions.net/detect.js
> >>
> >> Doesn't seem to do Mozilla...
> >
> >Browser detection (by User-Agent header or object inference) is flawed,
> >anyway. Avoid it.
>
> It's flawed if you don't know how to implement it properly, for
> example if you were looking for a Mozilla string, in which case you'd
> probably get IE. The code is perfect and has been tested by dozens of
> different people on multiple operating systems and browsers...so uh,
> the only thing flawed is your comprehension of it apparently.

The code isn't perfect. The code is lousy. But yes, it is easy to
detect Mozilla and, separately, Firefox. Do you know how?

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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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