186876 - The fruit commity [http://www.fruit.org.il] distorted display

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: Hebrew, defect)

Description

[Shoshannah Forbes]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021029 Phoenix/0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021029 Phoenix/0.4

the national  fruit commity web site blocks mozilla based browsers, and
redirects them to a pages telling them to download explorer 4 or above.

From the code of the main page:

<script language="javascript">
<!--
outStr = '';
myBrowser = navigator.appVersion;
browser = navigator.appName;

// get rid of all 2.0 and 3.0 browsers
if ((myBrowser.indexOf("3") == 0) || (myBrowser.indexOf("2") == 0)) {
	location.href = "no_flash.html";
}

// person has N4.04 (JS dll bug)
if ((browser.indexOf("Netscape") != -1) && (myBrowser.indexOf("4.04") == 0)) {
	location.href = "no_net.html";
}


// Attributes Detector Script. (c) 1999 ModemMediaPoppeTyson, LP
// Check for the following client capabilities:
// - Flash (via Netscape plugin)

function detectPlugin(plugType,plugName) {
	// detectPlugin Version 2.2
	// (c)1999 MM.PT
			//alert('hi');//
	retStr = "no";
	browser = navigator.appName;
	version = (navigator.appVersion + "3").charAt(0);
	
	if ((browser.indexOf("Netscape") != -1) && version >= 3) {
			 	//IF IT'S A NETSCAPE BROWSER A WORNING!!!!
				location.href = "no_net.html";
		mimeOK = 0;
		pluginOK = 0;
		for (i = 0; i < navigator.mimeTypes.length; i++) {
			mimetype = navigator.mimeTypes[i];
			//alert('hi');
			if (mimetype.type == plugType) {
				mimeOK = 1;
			}
		}
	
		for (i = 0; i < navigator.plugins.length; i++) {
			plugin = navigator.plugins[i];
			if (plugin.description.indexOf(plugName) != -1) {
				pluginOK = 1;
			}
		}
	
		if (mimeOK == 1 && pluginOK == 1) {
			retStr = "yes";
		}
	}
	return(retStr);
}

// check for Flash plugin

hasFlash = detectPlugin("application/x-shockwave-flash","Shockwave Flash 3");

if (hasFlash == "no") {

   hasFlash = detectPlugin("application/x-shockwave-flash","Shockwave Flash 4");
}
//-->

and the page users are directed to:
http://www.fruit.org.il/no_net.html

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to site with a mozilla based browser


Actual Results:  
user is blocked and re-directed

Expected Results:  
get in

Comment 1

[Shoshannah Forbes]

The only way to contact them is via this web form:
http://www.fruit.org.il/info.asp?file=mashov
which is blocked for mozilla based browsers, and gave me JavaScript errors in ie6.

Comment 2

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

tech evang june 2003 reorg

Comment 3

[Shoshannah Forbes]

Can someone who has access to ie please contact them? I have no way of
contacting them, as I do not have access to msie anymore. thanks!

Comment 4

[Tsahi Asher]

i tried to unleash the tech evangelizm letter at them, with IE6, but it didn't
work :o the send button did nothing.

Comment 5

[Tsahi Asher]

on the other hand, i found their phone (i think) at the phone directory
<http://www.144.bezek.com/>: 03-5632929, fax: [phone], location: 119
HaHashmonaim st. Tel-Aviv-Jaffa.

Comment 6

[Tsahi Asher]

the site no longer blocks mozilla, but some pages have distorted dislpay, or just don't work (e.g. scrolling)

i sent them a message through the feedback page (with IE7), and got this in response:
Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3' 

Server.CreateObject Failed 

/sendMail.asp, line 60 

800401f3 

doesn't look good :/

Comment 7

[Tomer Cohen :tomer]

Tsahi: Have you contacted them?

Comment 8

[Tsahi Asher]

i tried to send them a message again now, and received the same error i reported at comment 6. maybe a phone call is the best choice.

Comment 9

[Oren Held]

The site seems half-broken even from MSIE, I think this bug should be closed.

Comment 10

[Tsahi Asher]

the site is certainly riddled with internal errors connecting to it's database. i don't know if its owners care about it at all. for the time being, i can't see a page that doesn't work with mozilla, simply because many pages just don't work. i think we can close, and reopen, or open a new bug, when the site is fixed, if it still has errors.

Comment 11

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

INCOMPLETE due to lack of activity since the end of 2009.

If someone is willing to investigate the issues raised in this bug to determine whether they still exist, *and* work with the site in question to fix any existing issues, please feel free to re-open and assign to yourself.

Sorry for the bugspam; filter on "NO MORE PRE-2010 TE BUGS" to remove.