[6485] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
hmmm... servers producing per-browser customised output.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (anthony baxter)
Wed Nov 2 01:08:32 1994
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 06:51:50 +0100
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Has anyone else noticed this?
Recently I've noticed several servers generating output customised for
the browser that is being used - eg http://www.netmarket.com, if you
connect using m*saic, suggests that you change to using m*zilla (aside
from the fact that I cannot get m*zilla for my decstation, thats a fine
idea :), but I digress). And theres at least one other server out there
that tries to customise all output so that it looks best on whichever
browser you are using (and as a result, produces far too much broken
HTML.)
Seems to me this is another example of why we need stylesheets - if
providers are to the point of customising the output for your browser,
then there's obviously a need for control over presentation.
I'm dreading the day where pages are just one large imagemap gif of the
page, exactly as the provider wants it to look.
Anthony
