275835 - signalwatch.com - detecting Mozilla as Netscape and using LAYERs

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect, P3)

Description

[hhc1218]

Graphical chart should line up with comments, but it is not when access this web
site using Firefox 1.0.  Same problem with previous versions.

Comment 1

[Uri Bernstein]

Reporter - the URL you provided to points to members-only page.
In order that the issue can be investigated, plese attach the HTML source of the
problematic page to this bug. [Use "Save Page As..." from the File menu to save
the page, and then attach the saved file to this bug using the "Create New
Attachment" link, above].

Comment 2

[hhc1218]

Attachment: web page saved with Firefox

per your request I saved the web page using Firefox.  The attachement was
zipped with WinZip.

Comment 3

[hhc1218]

Attachment: same web page saved with IE

This is the same web page I saved with IE.  Please notice the difference.  The
attachment is also zipped with Winzip.

Comment 4

[Uri Bernstein]

The attached HTML shows that the site is doing server-side browser detection. It
probably detects Firefox as "Netscape", and consequently serves it HTML
containing <LAYER> elements - which Firefox/Mozilla does not support.

I believe this makes it a Tech. Evangelism bug.

Comment 5

[Uri Bernstein]

Confirming as a Tech Evangelism bug.

Comment 6

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

INCOMPLETE due to lack of activity since the end of 2009.

If someone is willing to investigate the issues raised in this bug to determine whether they still exist, *and* work with the site in question to fix any existing issues, please feel free to re-open and assign to yourself.

Sorry for the bugspam; filter on "NO MORE PRE-2010 TE BUGS" to remove.