[arachne] Re: Browser User Agent

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On 10 Sep 2008 at 7:59, Ray Andrews wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:43:00 +0100, "Jeff" 
> <arachne.freelists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > What options do we have to masquerade Arachne as Another Browser and 
> > Operating
> > System? Is it easy to build in?
> 
> > I ask because of this nonsense:
> 
> It would be simple to make the useragent string an arachne.cfg option,
> but would that be enough to fool these things? 

It would probably be enough to stop them diverting the "wrong" browser users to 
a "wrong 
browser" page. Arachne will still probably fail on some things because I 
suspect that they will 
be using lots of Flash and Javascript to "enrich the user experience". However, 
I would like 
that to be MY decision, not the control freaks in Westminster.

> It does sound like fun
> tho, you could report your browser as anything you want. 

Yes, I mainly use Firefox and have it report just as Space Bison 2 in honour of 
the 
Proxomitron. Sometimes I get thrown out of a site, and then change the user 
agent to IE7 on 
Windows Vista. Still isn't true but it shuts the whinging up!

It seems to be the same mentality as those who only send html email, and then 
express 
surprise at the junk that is carried in on its back!

> If someone
> wants to try it out in my core let me know and I'll build it in,
> otherwise Glenn will probably add it to std. core.



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