Comments on: Why Browser Sniffing is a Bad Idea http://kyleabaker.com/2009/07/27/why-browser-sniffing-is-a-bad-idea/ Web Technologies, Linux, Tips, Tricks and my Life Tue, 15 May 2012 13:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: kyleabaker http://kyleabaker.com/2009/07/27/why-browser-sniffing-is-a-bad-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-6673 kyleabaker Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:50:37 +0000 http://kyleabaker.com/?p=3540#comment-6673 Thanks for the feedback! Opera 10.00 on GNU/Linux x64 GNU/Linux x64
Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux x86_64; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.00

Thanks for the feedback!

]]> By: anonymous http://kyleabaker.com/2009/07/27/why-browser-sniffing-is-a-bad-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-6572 anonymous Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:27:36 +0000 http://kyleabaker.com/?p=3540#comment-6572 "In this case, the incompatibility is that the author never made it possible for those that ar" This is an interesting sentence, I assume you were going to say something to the effect of "made it possible for other browsers to have access" or something similar. Agree with the article, except for "let them know that you would appreciate more accurate scripting and detection for your web browser" as that seems to be asking for more sniffing of user agents. I do not want to see more scripting detection of my browser. I know this is not what you meant, but you would made your point better by ending the sentence "let them know that you would appreciate more accurate scripting." Opera 9.27 on Windows XP Windows XP
Opera/9.27 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)

“In this case, the incompatibility is that the author never made it possible for those that ar”

This is an interesting sentence, I assume you were going to say something to the effect of “made it possible for other browsers to have access” or something similar.

Agree with the article, except for “let them know that you would appreciate more accurate scripting and detection for your web browser” as that seems to be asking for more sniffing of user agents. I do not want to see more scripting detection of my browser. I know this is not what you meant, but you would made your point better by ending the sentence “let them know that you would appreciate more accurate scripting.”

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