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Old 12-10-2005, 02:14 PM   PM User | #10
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Originally Posted by missing-score
When you first install Opera, it is marked as IE, you have to manually change it to Opera. The point I'm making is, is you should never rely on this information, or, as Velox Letum rightly said, any information obtained from the client. You are right in saying that most people dont mess with their browsers... however, its the ones that do who will cause you the trouble.
Opera's UA string is
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Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Mac_PowerPC Mac OS X; en) Opera 8.51
Under my script, it always checks for Opera before MISE, so it'll show up as Opera.

As Velox Letum said, never trust any info from the client. It can always be faked.
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