[thelist] Is server-side browser-sniffing a bad idea?

[.jeff]

ben,

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> From: Ben Gustafson
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> BTW, this is a bit of a bummer, since sending a page
> tailored to the browser is preferable to sending a page
> full of JavaScript browser detection "ifs".
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and doing object/method support detection is preferable to both methods
above and isn't affected by this proxy caching scenario.

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> Maybe forking over the $$$ for BrowserHawk is a good
> solution...
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i wouldn't suggest it.  browserhawk will be stricken by this problem every
bit as much.

.jeff

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