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Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing

Date 2011-11-02 11:39 +1100
From Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing
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On 2/11/2011 10:28 AM, S.T. wrote:
> On 11/1/2011 4:42 AM, David Mark wrote:
>>
>> "I am talking about drawImage, as example, in old Symbian browsers,
>> where canvas is exposed but drawImage does not visually draw anything
>> on the element ... nice, isn't it?"
>>
>> If you can't test whether it drew anything, attempt to draw two
>> identical images at the outset and let the user choose which one looks
>> best. Then you can rightfully blame the user if they end up with empty
>> images.
>
> lol

Yes, UA sniffing is laughable.

My android phone has a feature where I can specify what browser the UA 
is to spoof and it will even allow me to write my own custom string.

"Your web site doesn't work on my phone!"
"What's the UA?"
"Its blah blah blah."
"Then you need to change it to XYZ."

lol indeed.

Andrew Poulos

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Yet another appeal for browser sniffing David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 04:42 -0700
  Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-01 22:10 +0100
    Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-02 08:40 +1100
      Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2011-11-02 11:40 +0100
  Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing "S.T." <anon@anon.com> - 2011-11-01 16:28 -0700
    Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-02 11:39 +1100
    Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 07:44 -0700
  Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing Bwig Zomberi <zomberiMAPSONNOSPAM@gmail.invalid> - 2011-11-03 10:14 +0530
    Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing David Mark <dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 07:39 -0700

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