[thelist] Re: Another Way To Determine If You Should Support Old Browsers

[deke]

On 12 Dec 2001, at 10:17, Pat Meeks posted a message which said:

> That's a good point. I'm curious, will the server logs pick up on that
> or will the logs also be skewed? Would you know about stat programs like
> HitsLink, which do JavaScript queries?

Server logs normally show http_user_agent string. 

You *never* want to use JavaScript for anything that *must* be done. 
It's just too unreliable. There are too many variations of scripting 
languages, and too many people that deliberately turn javascripting 
off.

deke

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