[thelist] Is it my Opera or the server?

[Nik Schramm]

On 25.Sep.02 19:07 Judah McAuley wrote

> Note also that Opera provides the ability to change the useragent string
> so you may not be able to detect that the visiting browser is Opera.

Each of the built-in UA String alternatives still contain the word
"Opera". It makes no difference here.

> I've heard of many Opera users that change their user agent setting to
> advertise the browser as IE so they get through user agent checks.

Again, unless someone actively spoofs the UA String from *outside*
Opera, they will be caught using the method I described. If they do
spoof it using external proxy software, there is of course nothing you
can do about it, but it's safe to say his won't be the only site not
functioning as expected for them ;)


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/nik