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Re: determining screen resolution over the web

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From Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject Re: determining screen resolution over the web
Date Fri, 01 Aug 2014 08:12:35 -0700
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On 8/1/2014 07:41, Joshua Cranmer 🐧 wrote:
> On 7/31/2014 6:40 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> I thought you were asking how to size things for a device that could
>> have significantly different screen resolutions.  If you want to
>> determine the browser you can use the HTTP_USER_AGENT environment
>> variable and select your response accordingly.
>
> The penalty for suggesting using the User-Agent information to send data
> is execution by being electroplated.
>
> More seriously, though, just don't do it.
>

It is easily faked if that's what you're saying.  But I do like the CSS 
options better.

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Knute Johnson

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determining screen resolution over the web Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-31 15:33 -0700
  Re: determining screen resolution over the web Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-07-31 16:02 -0700
    Re: determining screen resolution over the web Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-31 16:15 -0700
      Re: determining screen resolution over the web Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-07-31 16:40 -0700
        Re: determining screen resolution over the web Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2014-08-01 09:41 -0500
          Re: determining screen resolution over the web Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-08-01 08:12 -0700
        Re: determining screen resolution over the web Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2014-08-01 11:01 -0700
        Re: determining screen resolution over the web Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-01 16:07 -0400
  Re: determining screen resolution over the web Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-07-31 22:22 -0400
  Re: determining screen resolution over the web Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2014-08-04 15:20 +0300

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