On 5/7/10 8:17 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: > Daniel wrote: >> Phillip Jones wrote: >>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>> On 5/6/10 1:43 PM, I previously wrote [in part]: >>>>> On 5/6/10 8:55 AM, WLS wrote: >>>>>> I have the Shockwave Flash plug-in installed. About:Plugins shows it as >>>>>> enabled. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2347/screenshotaddons.png >>>>>> >>>>>> However when I navigate to this page on USA Today I am told that my >>>>>> browser does not have the current Flash plug-in. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6564/screenshotusatodaysnaps.png >>>>>> >>>>>> The page works fine in Firefox and Chromium. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm using Seamonkey 2.0.4 on an openSUSE 11.2 Linux system. >>>>>> >>>>>> Should I report it as a broken website, or is there a fix? >>>>> >>>>> The problem has nothing to do with Flash. The Web server is sniffing >>>>> for Firefox. There is a bug in the sniffing code; when it finds a >>>>> browser that it does not recognize (i.e., SeaMonkey), it reacts as if >>>>> you do not have Flash. Furthermore, sniffing for Firefox is invalid. >>>>> If sniffing can be justified at all, the server should sniff for Gecko. >>>>> See<http://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Sardisson/Gecko_is_Gecko>. >>>>> >>>>> I might submit a Mozilla bug >>>>> report (Tech Evangelism), in which case I will post another reply here. >>>> >>>> Oops! The bug report on this was submitted almost 8 years ago. See bug >>>> #165538 at<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165538>. >>>> >>> If it been filled 8 years ago you think USA Today gives a rats behind >>> about the problem? >>> >> >> Phillip, if we do nothing about it, it will *NEVER* be fixed....If we do >> something it *MAY* be fixed. >> >> Daniel > I didn't say not to do anything. > > I was referring to bug about the same website that has been around for > eight years. > > Do something But it was reported to them eight years ago and its still > around. Do you think USAToday cares? >
This was reported in bugzilla.mozilla.org 8 years ago. But when I read through all 31 comments to that bug, I don't see a single mention of USA Today being notified. I notified them today. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Go to Mozdev at <http://www.mozdev.org/> for quick access to extensions for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and other Mozilla-related applications. You can access Mozdev much more quickly than you can Mozilla Add-Ons. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
