wrong browser-detection?

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Hallo

would this really not work in opera (don't see why), or do
they use a stupid browser detection?

http:/
/www.w3schools.com/ajax/ajax_example.asp

click on the input field after 'first name'

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 Jurgen

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Dummköpfe sehen immer wieder etwas ganz Neues (Sigmund
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Using The Bat! v3.72.04 (Beta)
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> would this really not work in opera (don't see why),
or do they use a stupid  browser detection?
>
> http:/
/www.w3schools.com/ajax/ajax_example.asp
>
> click on the input field after 'first name'

It is the most primitive browser detection which bars Opera
from
executing the XHR.
In the script at http://ww
w.w3schools.com/ajax/clienthint.js you will
find the following lines:

  if
(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")>=0)
     {
      alert("This example doesn't work in
Opera")
      return
    }

You see, the only thing being tested is for the occurence of
"Opera"
in the user agent string.

Actually, the script _does_ work in Opera (8.52).

Please bear in mind that W3 Schools often has misleading or
outright
false examples and that they are in no way connected with
the W3C.

Cheers,

jens
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As far as I can tell, it works in the latest weekly build.
If you're using  
one of the Opera 9 builds, you can right click anywhere on
the page, click  
on site preferences, then go to the network tab and choose
mask as Mozilla  
or mask as Internet Explorer *NOT identify as...*. Unlike
identify as...,  
which still has Opera in the user agent string, mask as...
completely  
takes out Opera from the user agent string.

Hope this helps. 



On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:58:58 -0500, Jurgen Haug  
<MailingListsSafariBears.de> wrote:

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> Hallo
>
> would this really not work in opera (don't see why),
or do they use a  
> stupid browser detection?
>
> http:/
/www.w3schools.com/ajax/ajax_example.asp
>
> click on the input field after 'first name'
>
> - --
> regards,
>  Jurgen
>
> "Gebildet ist, wer Parallelen zu sehen vermag.
Dummköpfe sehen immer  
> wieder etwas ganz Neues (Sigmund Graff)"
>
> Using The Bat! v3.72.04 (Beta)
>   Opera v8.53.7722 on WinXP Home v2600 SP2
>
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PGP key request
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