Re: [NOISE] Barring access to Netscape

At 14:26 12.01.1995 -0500, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
If you want to see one way of locking out Netscape users, check out this URL which points at a Web Page that will not allow access by Netscape Users
Just a personal note... while I am strongly in favour of security, this seems rather petulant and knee-jerkish. JeffW: Please add a configuration option to let users override the "Mozilla" ident, so that they can continue to use Netscape at all sites. I personally won't use the override, though; if a site is going to insist on trying to frivolously exlude me as a user based on nothing but the browser I choose to use, they aren't serious anyway.
(the guy is ticked off at them trying to establish their own standards) -
The _market_ establishes standards (been proven time and time again). His reaction sounds pretty childish to me, but YMMV... Herb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Herb Sutter 2228 Urwin, Suite 102 voice (416) 618-0184 Connected Object Solutions Oakville ON Canada L6L 2T2 fax (905) 847-6019

Herb Sutter writes:
At 14:26 12.01.1995 -0500, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
If you want to see one way of locking out Netscape users, check out this URL which points at a Web Page that will not allow access by Netscape Users [...] JeffW: Please add a configuration option to let users override the "Mozilla" ident, so that they can continue to use Netscape at all sites. I personally won't use the override, though; if a site is going to insist on trying to frivolously exlude me as a user based on nothing but the browser I choose to use, they aren't serious anyway. You can use my anonymous proxy which strips off all 'personal' informations, including User-Agent: ... While I let Mozillas access it :-)
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