294586 - aamc.org - bad browser detection

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Dan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 MultiZilla/1.7.0.2d
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 MultiZilla/1.7.0.2d

Browser detection distinguishes between Netscape 7.x and Mozilla/Firefox. If all
are based on the 1.7.x tree, then shouldn't the backend engine be completely the
same? I think this is a bad browser detection script.

Workaround is to spoof the browser and trick the page into thinking that the
browser is one of the 3 it supports (IE5.5, IE6, or Netscape 7)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to https://services.aamc.org/AMCAS2_2006/
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3.

Actual Results:  
site telling me I should use IE5.5, IE6 of Netscape 7

Expected Results:  
webpage should lump Netscape 7, Mozilla, and Firefox into one group

Comment 1

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

They should read
<http://developer-test.mozilla.org/docs/Browser_Detection_and_Cross_Browser_Support>

Comment 2

[Nick Moulsdale]

My Bank cannot identify this as IE or Netscape or Firefox, so it just stops. Same for Access Accounts, just stops program installation.

Comment 3

[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.