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> Microsoft also included the command "Like Gecko" which instructs the website to send back the same version of the website as they would to Firefox

seriously, who does that? 'msie5.0 mozilla', good times. 'like gecko' => msie trying to look like webkit, who tries to look like firefox. yeah, makes perfect sense. could anyone give an example of a modern application that checks against the user agent string?

parent zalew 13 years ago

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