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Re: Re: Detect Mac Browser

by Arbogast (Monk)
on Oct 03, 2003 at 01:19 UTC ( [id://296135]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Detect Mac Browser
in thread Detect Mac Browser

Why??? Because the customer of the person I am writing the code for wants it that way.
The web address has nothing to do with anything except testing the CGI script.

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•Re: Re: Re: Detect Mac Browser
by merlyn (Sage) on Oct 03, 2003 at 04:15 UTC
    Why??? Because the customer of the person I am writing the code for wants it that way.
    That's never a valid reason. That's a bit like saying "I was just following orders", and you know where that goes.

    I cannot ethically help you in your quest without a better explanation. And I would recommend you consider that you cannot ethically complete your task without more justification from your "boss".

    Write standard HTML, and you don't have to worry what platform I'm on. Please. Please don't send me to "UPGRADE YOUR BROWSER" hell just because I'm on an operating system of my choice.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
    Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.

      Sorry if I offended.

      I don't have a boss per se. I am a gardener by trade, not a programmer.

      For whatever business reasons they have, they wish to send Mac Users one place, other people another. Nobody here wants to upgrade/change peoples browsers. I am confused as to the ethical implications here?

      Anyone wishes to educate me, try
      clmf8@yahoo.com
      Put something with Perl in title.
Re: Re: Re: Detect Mac Browser
by Arbogast (Monk) on Oct 03, 2003 at 01:31 UTC
    odd ball, non standard browser = any browser that is uncommon on a Mac. Perhaps my language was poor, I did not mean to imply uncommon browsers were bad.
      Well that's why someone mentioned iCab. I don't know if your script detects iCab or not.

      But again, enquiring minds want to know the thinking behind this.

      For some reason you want to detect Mac users accessing your site. You want to send them to a different page. You think the best way to do that is to detect mac browsers.

      All very interesting, but what's the "for some reason" part?



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