Michael Nahrath wrote: > Greg Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I'm including blocking of future versions of Mozilla in the next >>revision of my dynamic site code due to this issue (I don't have to >>treat Mozilla any better than Mozilla treats my sites). >> > > You know that I strongly oppose to any policy that requests unreferenced files > from webservers (like /favicon.ico). > > But blocking Mozilla in general is nonsense! We should not punish web users > for some netscape folk's faults.
Ideally, I prefer to be able to explain the situation and ask people to fix it, but I see nothing wrong with blocking accidental spammers. > > >>I was wondering if there was any way to check (via JS or whatever) whether >>a user had a specific pref enabled? >> > > There is only one secure way to find this out: > Install a script that is triggered each time /favicon.ico is requested! Yeah, this is what I decided to break down and do. It involves maintaing a list of recent ill-behaved clients, but it allows me to redirect them to a page explaining how to fix their configuration. It also allows me to return a zero-length file rather than a longer 404 request. > Kicking people is the wrong way! That's your opinion. As with other opinions, it doesn't matter. > If you really want this to have any effect to Netscape's/Mozilla's policy you > need masses of webmasters doing the same, before [EMAIL PROTECTED] will > even notice this bunch of 404-errors at one speciffic ressource. I'm not demanding change from Netscape and mozilla.org. This is open source and they're not supposed to care what users and web developers want. That's just as true here as it has been with other issues that have come up. It's not the end of the world. > So if you want other webmasters to follow your example, make it easy for them. > Provide and promote your script, documentation and guidance how to insatll it! I concern myself only with my own site. > Most users will never start to edit their 'userpref.js' by hand but if you > provide a simple solution - just klick on this link and then press OK to allow > installation - a lot more users may follow your wishes. Apparently, there's going to be a UI for this pref.
