aravindajith - Most ridiculous error of the decade!
portfolia - @aravindajith That drives me absolutely crazy.
gosquared - Oh dear. This error makes me feel sick
krizsa - Wow..
I don't believe warning users that a site may not be compatible with their browser is ridiculous -- if it actually isn't compatible. However, I don't think that's the case here.
I tried this site with IE7, Firefox 3.5, and Chrome. I got no warning dialog with IE7. I got two of them with Firefox. And with Chrome, I got one warning dialog.
I then explored the site and found nothing that failed to work with Chrome or Firefox.
A quick look at the page source reveals checks for browser names of WebTV and Navigator that trigger error dialogs. I thought that, perhaps, this check for WebTV and Navigator is code that's been on the site for a very long time. So I took a look at the WayBack Machine and discovered that the code was likely added around January 2007. Perhaps a lot of people use WebTV in Aggieland.
when software discombobulates
20100118
Problem ID: 8200528846355359394
Entered by: Ben Simo
Entered by: Ben Simo
Ridiculous?
Keywords:
CAAQES,
Chrome,
Firefox,
Internet Explorer,
may not function,
tamu.edu,
Texas,
using,
you are not
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