Will Microsoft ever learn?

Concerned User · 12. Oct 2011, 10:59 AM

http://yourbrowsermatters.org/

The Register's article here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10...wser_crituque/

IE 9 scores 4 out of 4

IE 8 scores 3 out of 4

Firefox and Chrome (2 and 2.5 respectively)

Opera (not detected)

Microsoft's site simply detects the user agent of your browser and therefore, it is useless.

Download a user agent addon like this one (for example: firefox)(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...user-agent-rg/), change the user agent and visit the site and watch your ratings change!

Too bad that the site simply uses only a user agent to detect the browser and gives scores based on that.

J_L · 16. Oct 2011, 04:48 AM

IE 8 gets an 1/4 for me. IE 9 2.5/4. All previous versions 0/4. Firefox 4/4. Chrome 3.5/4. Opera 3/4. Safari .5/4.

12. Oct 2011, 10:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Concerned User Editor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: இந்தியா, सिन्धु, India Posts: 324	Will Microsoft ever learn? http://yourbrowsermatters.org/ The Register's article here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10...wser_crituque/ IE 9 scores 4 out of 4 IE 8 scores 3 out of 4 Firefox and Chrome (2 and 2.5 respectively) Opera (not detected) Microsoft's site simply detects the user agent of your browser and therefore, it is useless. Download a user agent addon like this one (for example: firefox)(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...user-agent-rg/), change the user agent and visit the site and watch your ratings change! Too bad that the site simply uses only a user agent to detect the browser and gives scores based on that. Last edited by Concerned User; 12. Oct 2011 at 11:11 AM.

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16. Oct 2011, 04:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,475	IE 8 gets an 1/4 for me. IE 9 2.5/4. All previous versions 0/4. Firefox 4/4. Chrome 3.5/4. Opera 3/4. Safari .5/4.