On 9/16/11 7:30 AM, WLS wrote: > PhillipJones wrote: >> Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: >>> On 9/16/2011 2:44 AM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: >>>> >>>> Justin Wood (:Callek)<[email protected]> 2011-09-15 17:27:41 >>>> PDT --- >>>> >>>>> No it is a "Core Gecko" bug, we use the >>>>> |general.useragent.compatMode.firefox| >>>>> preference for this. >>>>> >>>>> It also can't be labeled "compatible" because many(!) UA sniffing >>>>> scripts treat >>>>> that as suddenly meaning MSIE. We only have Firefox listed in the UA >>>>> due to >>>>> many broken UA sniffing scripts. >>>>> >>>>> We *STILL* have SeaMonkey in the UA for the very reason that we do >>>>> not want to >>>>> lie to people who care to check it properly. >>>>> >>>>> Given the above comments, and those by the Core Developers I'm >>>>> marking this >>>>> WONTFIX, please no more advocacy in this bug. >>>> >>>> I am very disappointed. However, there is still hope : how would >>>> you react to a proposal that the user preference >>>> >>>> Edit / Preferences / Advanced / HTTP Networking /User Agent String / >>>> Advertise Firefox compatibility >>>> >>>> default to<unchecked> ? >>> >>> I would be against it, we enabled it due to soo many (especially >>> popular) website being broken due to "bad" browser sniffing, that is >>> automatically fixed by enabling that. >>> >> I would be for it because the sites need to be fixed to sniff on the >> word Gecko instead of FF or SM. If they are no then we don't need to be >> visiting them. And they need to be told so. by the head of Mozilla by US >> Mail letter not just an email. >> > > I can't recall what How-to book I was reading, but it recommends feature > sniffing as the proper way to sniff for browser support. > > I'm sure I can find it, and provide a citation if needed. >
The basic problem is that too many so-called Webmasters really do not know what they are doing. Even their own Web pages that promote their business contain HTML and CSS errors. See my <http://www.rossde.com/internet/Webdevelopers.html>. They certainly will not follow anyone else's "best practices". -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
