218177 - paradiso.nl - Yet another broken sniffer

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: Dutch, defect, P4)

Description

[Reinout van Schouwen]

Paradiso (one of the best known Dutch venues) have "improved" their site so that
only NS4/IE5+Flash5 visitors may enter. Agent spoofing doesn't help in this case.

Comment 1

[Patrick]

wfm

Yesterday's firebird seems to work OK [looks the same as IE on XP]. After
clicking on the BIG logo a new window is spawned. Note that you don't get a
visual indicator that you should click on that logo. 

Also, it is possible that you trap the new window with your pop-up blocker?

Finally, perhaps this is solaris only? [if so, then the issue may not be so much
of a Tech Evang issue].

Comment 2

[Reinout van Schouwen]

Seems a bit better now. Site seems to allow access, however the front page still
specifies which resolution/plugins/browser you should be using. Shall we mark
this fixed or leave it open until that last problem is solved?

Comment 3

[Patrick]

Hmm....tough call.
The requirements seem fair enough. Plugins, resolution.

The browser listing is a bit limited : IE5+ and NS4.7+.
No Safari, No Opera...and No Mozilla.....

I'd suggest to leave it like this. Because mozilla users can acces the site w/o
problems or warnings.

The alternative is pointing out to them that it's better to sniff for
unsupported browsers/missing plugins and in THAT case offer the option to
continue or to change browser.

But as i said Moz users won't have a problem. Suggesting WFM.

Comment 4

[Reinout van Schouwen]

Agreed, WFM.