i used the new internet explorer and executed the php code for detecting browsers...
i got to see that MSIE7 has mozilla 4.0 in the version info... seems to be creepy.. is IE7 based on mozilla
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all browsers use Mozilla in their user agent name, but it doesn't mean that they are using code from Mozilla.
But the reson behind this is that Netscape the predecssor of Mozilla first stared giving names to the browser as Mozilla then Browser name and the version number, later IE, opera and Safari are following the same way that Netscape used to name their browser user agents.
But the reson behind this is that Netscape the predecssor of Mozilla first stared giving names to the browser as Mozilla then Browser name and the version number, later IE, opera and Safari are following the same way that Netscape used to name their browser user agents.
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cool i dint knew that, i thought each browser had it own code of informationdelivi wrote:all browsers use Mozilla in their user agent name, but it doesn't mean that they are using code from Mozilla.
But the reson behind this is that Netscape the predecssor of Mozilla first stared giving names to the browser as Mozilla then Browser name and the version number, later IE, opera and Safari are following the same way that Netscape used to name their browser user agents.
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Didnt know that, good tip tailz!Tails5 wrote:I think when you install something that is from Mozilla, it sets the user agent to it.
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here is the actual reason why the browser's useragent has Mozilla in it
"The earliest example of this is Internet Explorer's use of a User-Agent string beginning "Mozilla/<version> (compatible; MSIE <version>...", in order to receive content intended for Netscape Navigator, its main rival at the time of its development. This was not a reference to the open-source Mozilla browser, which was developed much later, but to the original codename for Navigator, which was also the name of the Netscape company mascot. This format of User-Agent string has since been copied by other user agents, partly because Explorer, in turn, came to dominate..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent ... t_spoofing
"The earliest example of this is Internet Explorer's use of a User-Agent string beginning "Mozilla/<version> (compatible; MSIE <version>...", in order to receive content intended for Netscape Navigator, its main rival at the time of its development. This was not a reference to the open-source Mozilla browser, which was developed much later, but to the original codename for Navigator, which was also the name of the Netscape company mascot. This format of User-Agent string has since been copied by other user agents, partly because Explorer, in turn, came to dominate..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent ... t_spoofing