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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC:UserAgent string in kio_http
From:       Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-07-24 22:01:30
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Navindra Umanee wrote:

> Mozilla 4.0 (compatible; Konqueror/1.92 Beta >= 20000720; blah; blah; blah)
> 
> Hotmail, for example, accepts the second string at face value as
> claiming Mozilla level 4.0 compatibility, but other sites such as the
> ones you've written can still accommodate different browsers.

The same happens for my.yahoo.com, imdb.com and probably a dozen of
other sites too. 

Is there any reason why the default user agent string shouldn't
be changed to be compatible with all those web sites out there?


Dirk

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