> In the Preferences/InScript it seems as though you could choose iCab,
> Netscape or Explorer...
- and -
> iCab: Preferences > Network > Identity/Proxies > Browser Identity

The former is used by JavaScript on pages to determine what browser you are
running. The latter determines what identity string is sent to the Web
server as part of each page request. Server-side scripting can process the
latter (and client-side scripting (mainly JavaScript) the latter), and take
different action depending on what browser is being used.

If you switch them both then yes, iCab should indeed successfully masquerade
as another browser, although I've never tried - I personally don't like the
idea of changing in general. Webmasters (and mistresses ;) tend to design
pages just for IE or NS, and by sending out an identity of iCab everywhere
(browser identity is stored in server logs, and is viewable using stats
programs), I'll be helping in promoting the fact that not everyone uses IE
or NS.

However, for the most stubborn of cases (MSN pages being one, it seems), you
can enter those into the Filter Manager and have iCab pretend to be IE or MS
just for those sites.

- Daniel.


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