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Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing

From Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Yet another appeal for browser sniffing
Date 2011-11-02 11:40 +0100
Organization Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs
Message-ID <m2y5vyx0wa.fsf@nntp.bednarz.nl> (permalink)
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Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> writes:

> On 2/11/2011 8:10 AM, Eric Bednarz wrote:
>> David Mark<dmark.cinsoft@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>>> http://webreflection.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-user-agent-sniffing.html

>> Citing the article and voicing an opinion on it, however, seems to
>> indicate that you didn’t find it incomprehensible. Congratulations on
>> that.
>
> Why the sarcasm?

As Chico said, “why a no chicken”?

> Browser sniffing has been advised against for years
> and your comment seems to imply that DM "supports" the idea.

How did you get *that* idea? But discussing bad ideas based on some
incoherent ramblings in Pidgin English published somewhere on the web is
like discussing emotional intimacy or good taste in fashion based on a
Jersey Shore episode (I’d warmly recommend to just stop watching in
those cases; it builds character :).

-- 
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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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