- From: David E. Ross <david@rossde.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:04:28 -0800
- To: www-style@w3.org
The initial proposal shows a fundamental error in concept. It indicates "sniffing" for Firefox when the proper token is Gecko. Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine (the backend) is used in Firefox, SeaMonkey, Camino, and other user agents, all of which render HTML/CSS the same. However, half-witted Web developers sniff for Firefox, leaving the other Gecko browsers unable to view pages correctly. To compensate, Mozilla browsers have the ability to spoof other user agents, which renders sniffing useless and which also invalidates the use of logs of UA strings to measure the prevalence of particular browsers. CSS should not contain any feature that makes sniffing easier. David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Don't ask "Why is there road rage?" Instead, ask "Why NOT Road Rage?" or "Why Is There No Such Thing as Fast Enough?" <http://www.rossde.com/roadrage.html>
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