Re: CARS.COM - blocking "bad browsers"

2001-11-11 Thread Jay Garcia
flacco wrote: > CARS.COM had already limited its usefulness by using Java in its primary > interface. Now it's gone that extra step: banning what it calls "broken > browsers". > > So, Mozilla users - stop by and clue them in on the business they're > turning away by being lazy and discriminator

Re: CARS.COM - blocking "bad browsers"

2001-11-11 Thread Henri Sivonen
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, flacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems it fails > only when I connect through my proxy (junkbuster There are a few Bugzilla entires on junkbuster incompatibilitites. Try reverting to HTTP 1.0 (in the debug prefs) or using a proxy that supports HTTP 1.1. --

Re: CARS.COM - blocking "bad browsers"

2001-11-11 Thread flacco
> Hm. Works fine here. Given the reports of success here I took another look. Seems it fails only when I connect through my proxy (junkbuster + squid on a separate box).

Re: CARS.COM - blocking "bad browsers"

2001-11-11 Thread Christopher Jahn
And it came to pass that flacco wrote: > CARS.COM had already limited its usefulness by using Java in > its primary interface. Now it's gone that extra step: > banning what it calls "broken browsers". > Hm. Works fine here. -- }:-) Christopher Jahn {:-( Dionysian Reveler 'C

Re: CARS.COM - blocking "bad browsers"

2001-11-11 Thread flacco
Geraint Edwards wrote: > I have no problems accessing the main site using Moz 0.9.5 for Linux > (note that I have not got Java installed). > > They are using Java for an interactive map as part of the results when > you do a search. Since DHTML would really struggle to offer similar > functi

Re: CARS.COM - blocking "bad browsers"

2001-11-11 Thread Henri Sivonen
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, flacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now it's gone that extra step: banning what it calls "broken > browsers". WFM, FizzillaCFM 2001110908 -- Henri Sivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clinet.fi/~henris/

Re: CARS.COM - blocking "bad browsers"

2001-11-11 Thread Geraint Edwards
I have no problems accessing the main site using Moz 0.9.5 for Linux (note that I have not got Java installed). They are using Java for an interactive map as part of the results when you do a search. Since DHTML would really struggle to offer similar functionality I think this is fair enough.

CARS.COM - blocking "bad browsers"

2001-11-11 Thread flacco
CARS.COM had already limited its usefulness by using Java in its primary interface. Now it's gone that extra step: banning what it calls "broken browsers". So, Mozilla users - stop by and clue them in on the business they're turning away by being lazy and discriminatory. While you're at it,