144023 - tvthemetunes.net - blocks Mozilla

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English Other, defect)

Description

[Damian Yerrick]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0rc2)
Gecko/20020510
BuildID:    2002051006 (RC2)

Instead of displaying useful content, http://www.tvthemetunes.net/
locks out Mozilla users.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Mozilla
2. Turn off any preference to impersonate IE
3. Go to http://www.tvthemetunes.net/

Actual Results:  Redirect to a page that states:

ERROR!

You have accessed this page because you are trying to view MeTV in a
browser other than Internet Explorer. To enter the site, please click
here and download the latest version of Internet Explorer.

Expected Results:  tvthemetunes.net content appears.

I sent the following e-mail.  I guessed the addresses because
I couldn't even get through to a contact page.

<mail>
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail],
    [e-mail],
    [e-mail],
    [e-mail],
    [e-mail],
    [e-mail]
Subject: Where can I download Internet Explorer for Linux?

In http://www.tvthemetunes.net/ you wrote:
> Redirect to http://www.tvthemetunes.net/error.html

In http://www.tvthemetunes.net/error.html you wrote:
> To enter the site, please click here and download the latest version
> of Internet Explorer. 

Why do you prohibit users of the Mozilla web browser from viewing
your site?  Some users cannot use Microsoft® Internet Explorer,
and you are losing these customers.  Please reconsider your browser
requirements.

-- 
Damian
</mail>

Comment 1

[Kai Lahmann (is there, where MNG is)]

I hate this...

Comment 2

[Ian Neal]

The correct contacts are:

[e-mail] 
For general comments and queries. Please do not send any files to this address
as it cannot receive attachments.

or

[e-mail] 
Queries regarding any aspect of the web design process should be directed to
this address and I will do my best to help you or direct you to a site which is
better able to do so.

or

[e-mail] 
If you come across a missing page or file or if any of the scripts are acting
up, drop me a mail at this address.

Comment 3

[Mathieu Pillard [:mat]]

someone please spoof your UA and see if thereis anything to fix here.

Comment 4

[Frederic Bezies]

Site is being updated.

No more bug for now, and maybe for ever ?

Comment 5

[Pascal Chevrel:pascalc (PTO until April 26)]

New Component

Comment 6

[Pham]

fixed?