Re: navigator.appName: why "Netscape 5.0" and not "Mozilla 0.8"?

[Gervase Markham]

> isn't there a separate "quirks" mode in mozilla that is for emulating
> netscape <= 4 for these pages? this could be changed to say "mozilla"
> normally and do spoofing in the compatibility mode.

Netscape 6 will say Netscape. If page authors are doing this sort of
detecting at all, and have to cope with "IE" and "Netscape", and "Opera"
if they bother, why should they make sure it works with a random
development browser used by very few? This is one time we should be
piggy-backing on Netscape's marketing clout with Netscape 6 :-) It's
synergy.

Gerv