JeffM wrote:
Norvin wrote:
I would suggest that you check out the useragent
and make a change to it.
[...]
Notice the "NOT Firefox/3.5.6" which is the key as I understand it.
The NOT part is for *a human* that looks at the site's logs.
OTOH, these idiots who are sniffing improperly[1]
won't know what to make of that in their logs
--even if they actually do look at their logs.
...and *permanantly* altering your user agent string
will give *inaccurate* information to the **good** webmasters
which hurts SeaMonkey, your chosen browser.
ONLY change the string *temporarily*
and ONLY if you absolutely *have* to use one of these crapped-up
sites.
When you do alter the user agent string,
REPORT THE PROBLEM to the site owner.
...and the best solution to this is to
find another site that offers a similar product/service
--a site that isn't run by idiots who don't know what they're doing;
a site that hires competent workers/contractors.
.
.
[1] **ANY** sniffing is actually retarded
--it's not necessary; see the page David linked
Tell the idiots running the crappy site
to just make STANDARDS-COMPLIANT pages.
Like this
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.w3schools.com/html/
NOT like this
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8
Also, you might want to contact them and direct them to this site.
http://geckoisgecko.org/
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