alt Hacker NewsI'm aware of that history and the User-Agent header was a mistake even back then. It took the pressure off of browser vendors and gave them an excuse to not fix their bugs.
I'm aware of that history and the User-Agent header was a mistake even back then. It took the pressure off of browser vendors and gave them an excuse to not fix their bugs.
road to hell is paved with good intentions. one could argue it would've made browser vendors fix their bugs, but with the side-effect that any behavior that isn't bug-compatible with IE becomes a bug. this would've ironically entrenched IE permanently.