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On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 01:23:04PM +0000, Tom Insam wrote:
> Well, ok, but in their defence, browser version strings are COMPLETELY
> INSANE AND CRACK-FUELLED. And of course it's far too late for standards to
> get written for this stuff...
Sure, but it's not much of a defence, though...
Lawyer: My client is innocent! Widget processing is so complicated that
it's inevitable that a widget processor will screw up from time to
time. Sure, my client's invention, the Widget-O-Matic, mangled
someone into a bloody pulp, but, you know, *shrug* that's how it
goes, isn't it?
Seriously, I'd say that the sheer crack-fuelled nature of browser version
strings is a really good reason for version "detection" not to be done at
all and the extra effort expended instead on, perhaps, making websites that
aren't actually shit.
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Earle Martin
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