"Gill, Kathy" wrote:
>
> > From: Brett Lorenzen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 6:28 AM
> >
> >
> > Well, let's be fair. What they said was MSIE was more stable on
> > Windows. And, since one of the things at issue is MS's refusal to share
> > .dll specs and other crucial machine-level data with the market, this
> > seems somewhat expectable.
> >
> Addendum:
>
> Yesterday, one of the guys at WebCentral here was trying to download a
> service pack from MSFT web site. On his third try -- he remarked that
> despite the fact he was having trouble using MSIE for the download, it was
> impossible with Netscape -- that when he tried to log in w/NC, he *never*
> got in to do the download.
>
> I've heard other people make the same observations .... is is possible to
> configure your back-end to discriminate against browsers? [i know the
> browser info is available to the back-end, just curious about the process]
>
<<SNIP>>
Yes it is possible to discriminate against browsers. A few weeks back
the Microsoft site was set to recognize browsers and select the screen
presentation you saw depending on the browser in use. I experienced
that when trying to download an MS Office Service Pack. The page
notified me that I was not using MEIE 4.0 and gave me the option to
download and install it. If I chose not to install it, I could not use
and see all the features available on the page.
I heard of a significant backlash and the pages were modified. Last
time I checked that page, you were still prompted to upgrade your
browser if using anything other than MSIE 4.0x.
OTOH, after a week of trying, I finally succeded in download NT 4.0
Service Pack 4. The previous unsuccessful attempts were using MSIE.
The successful attempt was using Netscape.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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