Closed Bug 223869 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

office.microsoft.com says my browser is not supported.

Categories

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 194424

People

(Reporter: marcoos, Unassigned)

References

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Details

The http://office.microsoft.com/home/default.aspx says that my browser is not
supported and that I'd better upgrade to Netscape 6.0 or IE 5.01. (This appears
in  Firebird, but not in Netscape 7.1).

Seems that Microsoft uses bad methods of browser sniffing, because Firebird
displays the pages the same way as Netscape 7.1 does.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to http://office.microsoft.com/

Actual Results:
1. A message saying: "Warning: You are viewing this page with an unsupported Web
browser. This Web site works best with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later
or Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later." is displayed on top of the page.

Expected Results:
1. Display the site without this annoying message, just like Netscape 7.1 does.
Dups to bug 194424, since the URL in that bug for the Office Beta reroutes to
the current Office URL page (and both pages have/had the same problem).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 194424 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
v.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Tech Evangelism → Tech Evangelism Graveyard
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