505692 - bing.com/maps detects "firefox" and tells browser is unsupported with other gecko based browsers.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[arno renevier]

Hi,
when trying to access http://bing.com/maps with a gecko browser which is not firefox (such as iceweasel, or custom xulrunner based browser), I reach a page telling my browser is not compatible, and I must download internet explorer or firefox 

http://www.bing.com/maps/help/en-us/browsernotsupported.htm?http%3a%2%2fwww.bing.com%3a80%2fmaps%2f

That page still lets me go enter bing.com/maps, but I will reach that page for every link to bing.com/maps. That makes navigation quite annoying. What's more, with iceweasel, clicking on "Go to the map using this browser" brings me back to this "unsupported browser" page (but with custom xulrunner based browser, it brings me to the map).

If I include string "Firefox/3.5" in user agent of custom browser, that page works fine. If I include "Firefox" only, that page does not work.

Comment 1

[Felix Miata]

http://bing.com/maps unreachable in SeaMonkey 1.1.18 on OS/2 too.

Comment 2

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

No longer an issue working with SeaMonkey