211741 - bow.co.il - site blocks mozilla

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: Hebrew, defect)

Description

[Tsahi Asher]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; he-IL; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; he-IL; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)

when entering the site, you get the message:

"the site is reccomended for viewing with explorer 5 and above minimal
resolution 800*600"

my resolution is 1024*768, so this can't be the problem :)

this site is the kids version of eol.org.il (bug 211155)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open mozilla
2.type the url bow.co.il in the address bar
3.press Enter

Actual Results:  
redirect to http://bow.co.il/site/templates/nsorie4.asp?lang=HE

Expected Results:  
see bow.co.il

contact info: only found this email at the TOS page: [e-mail] . in the
"about us" page i found the name of the site maintainer: Alberto Weinstein

Comment 1

[Tsahi Asher]

i sent the evangelizm letter to Mr. Weinstein, and got this reply (translated):

hello tsahi asher,
thanks for your contacting us and clearing the facts in the subject you specified.
the site was built with knowledge that most of the Israeli public, like most of
the world, uses microsoft browsers, to it's various versions.

the option of converting the site to support the browsers you mentioned in your
letter is considered, but it is examined for reasond we keep for ourselves.

i hope that in the future the site will comply with the requirements of the
browsers in the market, and there won't be any special problems.

in any case, thank you very much. i hope that in the future we will find greate
use for the material you sent me.

regards,
alberto weinstein

alberto @ eol.org.il
tel. [phone]

Comment 2

[Shoshannah Forbes]

WFM with Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.6b)
Gecko/20031129 Firebird/0.7+

(block removed)

Comment 3

[Tomer Cohen :tomer]

Block removed? It's still there with my Mozilla 1.6a. 

Comment 4

[Tsahi Asher]

it's still blocks my WinXP, moz 1.5.

Comment 5

[Shoshannah Forbes]

It is not blocking my MozillaFirebird. Hmmm...

Reopening due to your comments. But it is still strange..

Comment 6

[Tomer Cohen :tomer]

bow.co.il seems to like MozillaFirebird, but not MozillaSeaMonkey. I can enter
the site with FireBird, too. On the other hand, eol.co.il (bug 211155), the
sister site of bow.co.il, doesn't have this effect, and deny access from both. 


Also, please note that Mozilla-NonFirebird can still access the site from
http://bow.co.il/site/he/homepage.asp. 

Comment 7

[Prognathous]

Still partially blocked in FireBird 0.7. Press the About button (אודותינו), and
you're redirected to http://bow.co.il/site/templates/nsorie4.asp?lang=HE

Other than entering the site, can anyone here actually navigate through the
various pages?

Prog.

Comment 8

[simon annear]

Site still has a problem 

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050302

Comment 9

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

is thi still an issue ?

Comment 10

[Tomer Cohen :tomer]

(In reply to comment #9)
> is thi still an issue ?

Site doesn't seem to block Firefox or other browsers (tested with epiphany-webkit, just to make sure). Site seems to be usable now. 

The flash applets make the site slow, making the window.alert links at the top navigation menu appear long time after the actual click.


I am closing this issue. If anyone objects, please let us know...