532595 - [nytimes-timeskimmer] does not load downloadable fonts if UA does not contain 'Firefox'

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[philippe (part-time)]

http://www.nytimes.com/timesskimmer/ loads custom fonts through the TypeKit service.

The browser detection script only detects Firefox, not Minefield, SeaMonkey, etc.

(this could be a general problem with TypeKit though, I haven't investigate yet)

Comment 1

[philippe (part-time)]

The TypeKit people send me the following:

[quote]
Thanks for the note. We're actually in the process of testing a change that will fix this for all Gecko browsers. I expect it to be live in the next few days. We will also re-publish all kits so all affected sites will automatically see the improvement.
[/quote]

I'll monitor the situation and resolve this bug when appropriate.

Comment 2

[philippe (part-time)]

Good. I checked the NYT site linked above and now it displays the text with he custom fonts just as WebKit based browsers and Gecko browsers with 'Firefox' in the UA string.

from the js file:
{var C=D.match(/rv:(\d+\.\d+)\.(\d+).*Gecko\//);if(D.match(/rv:1.9.1b[123]{1}/)){return false}if(C){var B=C[1]+C[2];return parseFloat(B)>=1.91}}

Another site that was affected, and now displays correctly:
http://forabeautifulweb.com/

Marking this bug as FIXED.