This is an interesting read regarding user agent spoofing (see point 9): http://webstandardsgroup.org/features/david-storey.cfm
-- Klaus John Resig schrieb: >> It is fairly common to spoof or manipulate a browser's user agent >> string. > > Woah... that's news to me! Especially considering that Safari and > Opera combined have like 4% of the browser market. I looked at Opera 9 > and it's not immediately apparent how to switch user agents (in that, > I was looking for it, and I can't find it anywhere). Additionally, in > Safari you must enable a debug menu on the command-line before you can > even see the menu to change your user agent. > > I mean, it's something like this: > Opera and Safari Browser Market >> Number of users who know what a > "user agent" is >> Number of users who change their user agent >> The > number of users who leave their user agent changed. > > I mean, I think I'd be generous saying that that's like 10 people -- > in the world. > > Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. > > At least byte-count wise, Corey's fix only adds two characters, > compressed - which is more than acceptable (IMO). > > --John > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
