Re: [PLUG] interesting experiment

[Tobias DiPasquale <anany@ece.villanova.edu>]

William Shank wrote:

> using konqueror (i'm using kde2.2.2, but i don't know how much it matters)
> go to http://www.msnbc.com and observe the formatting. Now, under the tools
> menu, select Change Broswer Identification --> IE 5.5 on Windows 2000.
> reobserver the formatting. notice anything? 
>
> what do you think is causing this discrepency? i'm certain the rendering
> engine isn't changed to be more compatible with IE based html. So does this
> mean that konqueror handles IE html better than other html? is the site
> sending crappy html to non-ie browsers on purpose? is this poor quality
> assurance? is there a conspiracy?
>
> -chris
>
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I noticed what you are talking about. First guess: server-side scripting 
differences in HTML generation based on User-Agent value. MS has been 
known to do this in the past (remember the whole MSN.com issue with 
Mozilla?). We can talk about this more off-list tonight at the JUG, if 
you are coming. See you then!

--
Tobias DiPasquale
Solaris System Administrator
Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Villanova University
mailto: anany@ece.vill.edu
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