Re: Opera Problems - anyone else

Opera 6 set itself to ID by DEFAULT as ie 5.0 on installation. If a user
changes the ID, then that is beyond my control.

Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell King" <darrell(at)webctr.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Opera Problems - anyone else


> Opera's users have the ability to select how their browser identifies
> itself.  If they choose to identify as IE, you might wish to consider
simply
> accepting that choice.  Rather than wasting a good deal of time and effort
> attempting to circumvent their choice, perhaps consider that they are
aware
> of the issues that might arise from masquerading>
>
> If the users cloak inadvertently out of ignorance of their software's
> controls, you might wish to accept that as well.  Use of Opera is a
> voluntary choice and I would think such a user might have made that choice
> with open eyes...:)
>
> D
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Innes" <innax(at)icon.co.za>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I am busy writing a web site with two versions of the homepage - one with
an
> embedded flash image in a table cell, one with a jpeg in place of the
flash
> file to degrade gracefully on Netscape and Opera.
>
> My default page does a browser detect and sends msie 4 or later to the
page
> with flash and all others to the one without (which displays correctly in
NN
> 4.78 and Opera
>
> The problem here is that OPERA IDENTIFIES ITSELF AS IE5.0 BY DEFAULT!
>
> So - the script runs on Opera - detects ie5.0 - and sends Opera to the
wrong
> page, Opera reads the embed tag and creates a 3-4px gap around the Flash
> file, thus breaking the table.
>
> Can anyone think of a way around this?
>
> Please help
>
> Andy
>
>
>

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