Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

Steve Lamb wrote:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> I would argue that if the value of your User-Agent string affects
>> browsing habits, then the bug is with the website, not the browser.
> 
>     This is a battle you, and anyone else who thinks like you, is going to
> lose.  Opera has had user agent munging for it's entire existence
> precisely because of these bugs in the website.  That's 10 years and 
> counting. 

I think that has more to do with Opera marginalizing themselves by expecting
people to put up with *more* ads or pay for a web browser.

> It also isn't just some rinky-dink sites that exclude based on the user
> string. Banks, large news sites, places people generally want to visit on
> a daily basis do so.  Quite frankly Firefox is lucky to often be on the 
> inside of that blockade. 

Sounds like the actual problem is that businesses should be less willing to
cut off their own nose.