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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Morris" data-source="post: 746689" data-attributes="member: 87">Some browsers (Known culprits include Netscape 4.x or earlier, AOL 4.0 or earlier, the original Mozilla, early versions of Opera) don't like JAVAscript - and I mean **really** don't like it.&nbsp; Netscape developed the original version with NS 2.0 and then everyone, particularly Microsoft, began piling things on until it became a mess.&nbsp; This got sorted out (sort of) about a year ago, but legacy browsers are still out there.&nbsp; This is the reason for the PHP code that checks for browser version.&nbsp; PHP is executed by the server, the browser is irrelevant to it's functionality - it will work every time.Once the determination is made that the browser can handle the script, ONLY THEN will it be sent to the browser.&nbsp; Hence, if you are browsing these boards today with Netscape 4.1 and this change is made to the pages, you won't see the difference because your browser will never receive the code.&nbsp; By refining the &quot;browser sniff&quot; code we can eventually weed out the problem browsers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Morris, post: 746689, member: 87"] Some browsers (Known culprits include Netscape 4.x or earlier, AOL 4.0 or earlier, the original Mozilla, early versions of Opera) don't like JAVAscript - and I mean **really** don't like it. Netscape developed the original version with NS 2.0 and then everyone, particularly Microsoft, began piling things on until it became a mess. This got sorted out (sort of) about a year ago, but legacy browsers are still out there. This is the reason for the PHP code that checks for browser version. PHP is executed by the server, the browser is irrelevant to it's functionality - it will work every time. Once the determination is made that the browser can handle the script, ONLY THEN will it be sent to the browser. Hence, if you are browsing these boards today with Netscape 4.1 and this change is made to the pages, you won't see the difference because your browser will never receive the code. By refining the "browser sniff" code we can eventually weed out the problem browsers. [/QUOTE]

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