"Erik Hanson" <erikh at headwaterssoftware.com> wrote: > > I can see it with both Netscape 4.77 and Netscape 6.1 running on Win2k. I > dunno if the OS has anything to do with it... > -Erik Browsers identify themselves to web servers, usually with a User-Agent string. This usually includes information about both the browser and the operating system types and versions. They probably just have tests looking for "Mac" and "Win", but just defaulting to that page when the OS isn't recognized. User-Agent strings can be hacked, of course ;-) -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ What's the 411 on 911? / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20011025/13e178d7/attachment.pgp