On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 10:08:39PM +0100, David Woolley wrote:
> > 
> > as I understand it, some sites have hardcoded tests for the agent string
> > to determine if they respond with usable pages.
> > 
> 
> There are browser capability databases for use by people authoring for
> IIS, the Microsoft web server.  Often they are out of date on minority
> browsers.
> 
> Politically correct is surely to send the built in string, and not
> override it.

...and what about the servers that deliver a completely different page
(not just embedded "you do not support frames")?

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