385570 - gmx.net/gmx.de - GMX Mail 2007 blocks non-Firefox Gecko browsers

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: German, defect)

Description

[Wolfgang Rosenauer [:wolfiR]]

GMX Mail 2007 blocks non-Firefox Gecko browsers and only allows Firefox >= 1.5 and IE6.
For example SeaMonkey doesn't work.

GMX Mail 2007 is their new AJAX Webmail application.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

Here is the JS code for the sniffing itself. They sniff for a lot of browsers like Konqueror, Safari, and Opera. The real check I guess is done in the ro.open URL.

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
	var _jsStatus_detect = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	var _jsStatus_thestring;
	var _jsStatus_place;

	function _setJSStatus() {
	var ro = new Object();
	var browser = navigator.appName;
	if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
	ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} else {
	ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}

	var OS,browser,version,total;

	if (_jsStatusCheckIt('konqueror')) {
	browser = "Konqueror";
	OS = "Linux";
	} else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('safari')) browser = "Safari"
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('omniweb')) browser = "OmniWeb"
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('opera')) browser = "Opera"
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('webtv')) browser = "WebTV"
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('icab')) browser = "iCab"
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('msie')) browser = "InternetExplorer"
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('firefox')) browser = "Firefox"
	else if (!_jsStatusCheckIt('compatible')) {
	browser = "NetscapeNavigator"
	version = _jsStatus_detect.charAt(8);
	} else browser = "unknown";

	if (!version) {
	version = _jsStatus_detect.substring(_jsStatus_place + _jsStatus_thestring.length);
	if(version.indexOf(' ') != -1) version = version.substring(0, version.indexOf(' '));
	if(version.indexOf(';') != -1) version = version.substring(0, version.indexOf(';'));
	}

	if (!OS) {
	if (_jsStatusCheckIt('linux',_jsStatus_detect)) OS = "Linux";
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('x11',_jsStatus_detect)) OS = "Unix";
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('mac',_jsStatus_detect)) OS = "Mac"
	else if (_jsStatusCheckIt('win',_jsStatus_detect)) OS = "Windows"
	else OS = "an unknown operating system";
	}
	
	ro.open('get', 'http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/g.fcgi/misc/jsstatus?js=1&browser=' + browser  + '&version=' + version + '&os=' + OS + '&sid=babhdcf.1186100784.7297.49ue2dn56h.68.iii');
	ro.send(null);
	}

	function _jsStatusCheckIt(string)
	{
	_jsStatus_place = _jsStatus_detect.indexOf(string) + 1;
	_jsStatus_thestring = string;
	return _jsStatus_place;
	}

	--></script>

Comment 2

[Edward]

Same with gmx.com in the U.S.

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.

Comment 4

[Edward]

Chris - The GMX web mail interface (for gmx.com in the U.S.) has worked perfectly with the past several versions of SeaMonkey.

Comment 5

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

Someone should make sure this works without the word "Firefox" in the UA string. (I don't know what Seamonkey uses these days and I don't have a GMX mail account to test it myself.)

Comment 6

[Edward]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11

Comment 7

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

Thanks, good enough for me. If there are any outstanding issues with GMX and non-Firefox browsers, they should probably be filed as new TE bugs.