- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:45:15 +0100 (BST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> 1. User agent identifies the screenreader (and other factors affecting This has been demonstrated not to work; it is why IE claims to be Mozilla in its User Agent string and why minority browseer users often pretent to be IE. What happens is that sites discriminate against all but the most popular browsers, either with "please upgrade" messages, or by serving a lowest common denominator version of the site that might have been appropriate for the browser five years ago, when they last updated their browsercap entry for that browser. > 2. User agent identifies the specific capabilities and preferences via People concerned about privacy will point out that even an accurate list of language preferences can help profile the browser to allow click trails to be generated. Some people may be reluctant to broadcast this level of information.
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