On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:14 PM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tyrion wrote: >> Michael O'Keefe wrote: >>> about:config >>> filter for useragent >>> >>> >> Did that, doesn't seem to be anything that indicates linux. >> > > Many websites do "browser-sniffing"[1] -- that is, they customize their > response depending upon the browser they believe you have. > > The User-Agent http request header is just one thing they use to try to > determine browser (and other things, eg OS). > > If changing User-Agent doesn't help, then there's probably not much else > you can do except change browsers (or OS) or complain to the website. > > [1] Browser-sniffing is generally considered ugly, bad practice, and > evil by all reasonable web professionals. :-)
Gee... how surprising to find MS doing that... > > Regards, > ..jim > > > -- > KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
