msn.com blocks non-Microsoft browsers

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:17:13AM -0700, Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> Interesting, I tried it with my Mozilla and was not able to get in and
> most sites think it is Netscape. Oh well, I never go there anyway.
> Interesting part is Qwest only supports Netscape yet they are trying to
> force the DSL subscribers to use MSN as their ISP.

Well, there's a simple test you can do to determine if they're PR department
is flinging BS at the public:
- Start up Netscape 4.7x and go to www.msn.com
- Save the page
- Start up Mozilla
- Open the page you just saved.
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Mozilla renders the page almost identically to what Netscape 4.7x does --
minus a few relative linked images, the entire page shows exactly the same.

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Thomas "Mondoshawan" Tate
phoenix@psy.ed.asu.edu
http://tank.dyndns.org

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