Jay Garcia wrote:
> Tim Koogle wrote:
>
>> Gervase Markham wrote:
>>
>>> For a start, the User Agent is not the UI. Secondly:
>>>
>>> http://webtools.mozilla.org/web-sniffer/view.cgi?url=www.mozilla.org&verbose=on
>>>
>>>
>>> shows you the user agent doesn't contain Netscape. Or is the appName
>>> something different again?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> appName is a Javaschit variable used by websites (banks, mostly) who
>> don't trust the HTTP User Agent string, but can't be bothered/don't
>> want/are technically unable to support Mozilla.
>> Mozilla returns the value "Netscape".
>>
>>
>>
>
> Yup
>
>
> User_Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.4+)
> Gecko/20010921
> Application Name: Netscape
> Application Version: 5.0 (Windows; en-US)
>
So, whenever Nestacpe 6.1 is accepted as a trustworthy browser, Mozilla
at least 0.9.x, will automatically be approved for all those sites
presently not accepting Mozilla since it is identifying itself as
"Netscape"?
Good news. I have to rely on NS 4.x to do my bank business at the
moment. Using different browsers for different tasks is a little bit
tiresome.
--
jukola
