[thelist] Browser sniffing (Was: Safari details + UA string)

Kevin Smith k.smith at tatnet.com
Wed Jan 8 09:19:01 CST 2003


On Wednesday, Jan 8, 2003, at 09:56 US/Eastern, Peter-Paul Koch wrote:

> The only valid reason for a server side browser detect is to actually
> detect
> which browsers come to your site and to store this information.

Making decisions based on the UA string isn't a good idea, but just as
you'd fork DOM & CSS based on the UA's capabilities, looking at
HTTP_ACCEPT is a valid way to determine how to serve documents, IMO.

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