Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!
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- Subject: Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!
- From: Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:17:48 -0800
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Steve Lamb wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> 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.
>
> That has little to do with what the websites do with the user agent
> string than anything else.
I don't see it that way. I see their abuse of User-Agent as pandering to
get any audience and re-enforcing poor web design.
>> Sounds like the actual problem is that businesses should be less willing
>> to cut off their own nose.
>
> The problem is from their perspective, they're not.
I look forward to buying a used Aeron chair from their going-out-of-business
fire sale.
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