Hello,
Am Dienstag, 2. Mai 2006 09:36 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[...]
> > YES, at least my bank checked against you current versionnumber of
> > Mozilla Firefox and I was told to upgrade (kind of fun as I just
> > pulled it down via YOU seconds before on another PC) ;-)
>
> I seriously doubt that the new version is really *required* for the
> online banking to work correctly. The bank shouldn't check the user
> agent string.
Banks _should_ check the user agent string - I'd call it a security
feature. However, there should be a "I know what I am doing" link.
BTW: You sometimes don't even need scripts to display such a warning ;-)
Just include
<!--[if gte IE 5]><div class="use-mozilla">Browser problems?<br>
<a href="http://www.mozilla-europe.org/"; target="_blank">Firefox.
The better browser.</a>
</div><![endif]-->
in your page. This uses "conditional comments" invented by MS. You know
from tv mystery novels when someone gets interrogated by police:
everything you say can and will be used against you ;-))
Regards,
Christian Boltz
PS: Real-world-usage (in german) of the above html sniplet:
http://suse-linux-faq.koehntopp.de
PPS: There are Firefox plugins to modify the user agent string. Use on
of them if really needed.
--
Look at Debian... its stable, works on a variety of platforms.... and
development is racing along at the speed of a turtle with 3 broken legs.
[Joseph M. Gaffney in opensuse]
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