111407 - lita.se - does not work with Mozilla

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: Other, defect, P3)

Description

[Per Ångström]

The website for Lita, <URL:http://www.lita.se/>, a Swedish insurance company,
has major browser detection problems. As soon as one enters the website with
Mozilla/Netscape 6 (and Opera 5.x) an alert is displayed, saying in translation
"Your browser is older than version 4".

On the site itself, the top menu bar doesn't work at all.

This is what their browser detection code looks like (from
<URL:http://www.lita.se/scripts/cgiip.exe/inet/pub/noadminmode.p?DocId=194>):

>function check(){
> var ns = document.layers ? 1:0; // True if a Netscape browser
> var ie = document.all ? 1:0; // True if a Explorer browser
...
>}

Comment 1

[Julien Cegarra]

-> Tech Evangelism

Comment 2

[z-aillon.c-obsolete2]

Yep.  A classic case of proprietary code.

The reason the top menu doesn't work at all is because they hide a bunch of
stuff to start with, and then they have proprietary DOM code (document.all or
document.layers) to unhide it.  We understand none, and thus never show any menus.

Comment 3

[Tristan Nitot]

Contact : [e-mail]
Setting P3.
Web Evang letter sent. (also to [e-mail], just in case)
ACcepting bug. Setting target to January 2002.

Comment 4

[Tristan Nitot]

[e-mail] bounces back. :-(

Comment 5

[André Dahlqvist]

Probably a slow way to go, but here is a form that can be used to contact them:

http://www.lita.se/scripts/cgiip.exe/inet/pub/showdoc?docid=282

Comment 6

[Per Ångström]

Lita has been acquired by another insurance company, and the site will probably
disappear, so I don't think it needs more attention.

Comment 7

[Michael Gabriel]

message has changed saying someting about netscape 6

Comment 8

[Frederic Bezies]

It seems to be that lita.se invites user to go to http://www.lansforsakringar.se/

So maybe somebody who speak swedish can confirm and we can close this bug :-)

Comment 9

[Per Ångström]

I think WONTFIX is a reasonable resolution.

Comment 10

[Brant Gurganus]

v

Comment 11

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

move...