[thelist] IE = Mozilla in log?

elkay lwkraemer at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 19 13:01:05 CDT 2000


Oddly, that number is not the version number of the browser, but rather is
supposed to reflect the version of Netscape that the browser is roughly
compatible with. So, IE5 (and IE4) returns 4 as its most like Nav 4.

Silly, huh?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zachary Mutrux" <zacm at etr.org>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:46 AM
Subject: [thelist] IE = Mozilla in log?


> Can anyone explain why Internet Explorer is identified in my server log
as:
> SMozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Mac_PowerPC) ?
>
> Does Mozilla represent some kind of browser standard or protocol?
>
> zm
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