Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?

[pg]

In a recent note, Ari Moisio said:

> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 14:54:13 +0300 (EET DST)
> 
>   But doesn't MSIE use that same method anyway or have i misundersstood
> that useragent string witch is passed to cgi scripts for example.
> 
>   Or what does folowin user agent means:
> 
>   Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.01; Windows 95)
> 
My understanding was that that NS took legal action against MS, and
that MS had ceased using that header at the time that Lynx also
decided not to use it.  If MS is once again generating that header,
perhaps there is a legal resolution against NS, and Lynx may also
be free to use it.

-- gil