115675 - msn.com - MSN Gaming Zone Entry Prompt says Netscape 6 won't render correctly

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 92987

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Albert R.]

When entering zone.msn.com, the server redirects to a site that says we're using
a browser that won't be able to render the Zone correctly, and that we should be
using Netscape 6.0 or greater (this message displays with 2001121703 as well as
N6.2) in order to play on the zone, then gives a very prominent link to download
MSIE.

"To play on the Zone you need a computer running Windows95 or greater and we
recommend either Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape 6.0 or
greater"

This bug is a little different from 92987 because this message is displaying
when it says that Netscape 6 should work.  The page does render perfectly fine.
 And while claiming Netscape 6 should work, attempting to enter any game rooms
gives the error again.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

When I visit zone.com with a recent Mozilla build, I see:

"To play on the Zone you need a computer running Windows95 or greater and we 
recommend either Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape 6.0 or 
greater."
"Note that our Netscape 6 support is still under construction...  some pages 
may not render properly and some games may not function properly."

When I visit with Netscape 6.2, I am not redirected, which is strange because 
the warning message specifically mentions limited Netscape 6 support.

Comment 2

[Albert R.]

I see this message with Netscape 6.2.1.  Maybe they're specifically specifying a
useragent they like, like looking for the specific Netscape 6.2 UA instead of
the general Moz/gecko UA...

Comment 3

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

Mass reassign of all tech-evangelism us general bugs assigned to bc to 
doron except bc's P1 bugs. You may search for this mass reassign (it is 
305 bugs) by searching for the keyword 'greeneggsandham'

Comment 4

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 92987 ***

Comment 5

[Brant Gurganus]

Verified
2002041903/WinXP