Gday monks
i am having compatability issues with my website between IE and Netscape.
What i need to do is check to see which browser a user has, and if it is Netscape, have Perl alter the HTML a little and then print out the page.
I have considered using Javascript when the page loads up to detect which browser the user has, and if it is Netscape, having it call a Perl program which will open the HTML file, alter it, and then print it out.
The problem with this is that i don't know how to have the Perl program know which file to open, as i intend to have this check done for every page in my site. How can I do this?
Thanks Guys.

Thanks for the replies, i guess your right in that its not worth going to all the trouble. The problem i am having is for some reason in NS and Opera everything on my page appears up about 10 or so pixels down. i have no idea why this is so i was just thinking i could use Perl to insert a 10 pixel or so spacer gif to counteract this if the browser is not IE. I'm sure there is another way to fix it, it's just that i am quite new to Perl and am still marvelling at its capabilities :)

if you want to check out what i mean go to http://www.hydrocool.com, and view the page in both IE and NS.

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