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Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?
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Ari Moisio |
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Re: LYNX-DEV user agent? |
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Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:30:52 +0300 (EET DST) |
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Larry W. Virden, x2487 wrote:
> From: Ari Moisio <address@hidden>
>
> > But doesn't MSIE use that same method anyway or have i misundersstood
> >that useragent string witch is passed to cgi scripts for example.
>
> There are those among this group who are simply participating in this
> activity for fun. We don't have the resources to be sued - or to even
> be called into court for any extended period of time (at the whim of
> some corporation) because someone in the group wanted some convenience
> feature and didn't want to hack it into the source code their self.
There is no need to hack it into source code, one can simply use
-useragent command line parameter when needed.
> If lynx starts shipping with code to make it easy to lie about the
> type of browser it is, and with code that is technically illegal to
> ship from the US, you can be sure that a number of folk will drop off
> this list as well as quit supporting and recommending lynx as a browser.
I think ssl is bigger problen than useragent string.
But why MSIE have to lie it's identity, is there something wrong in www
sites too.
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- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, (continued)
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Wayne Buttles, 1998/03/28
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Philip Webb, 1998/03/29
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Ari Moisio, 1998/03/29
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, pg, 1998/03/29
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Ari Moisio, 1998/03/30
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Matt Ackeret, 1998/03/30
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/03/31
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/03/30
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Philip Webb, 1998/03/30
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Larry W. Virden, x2487, 1998/03/30
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?,
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- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Benjamin C. W. Sittler, 1998/03/29
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Matt Ackeret, 1998/03/30
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Benjamin C. W. Sittler, 1998/03/31
- Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Philip Webb, 1998/03/29
Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, David McLean, 1998/03/29
Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, David Combs, 1998/03/29
Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Jonathan Sergent, 1998/03/30
Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, David Combs, 1998/03/30
Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?, Personal, 1998/03/30