Restricting the site to open in firefox

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I want my site to open in IE only.Can it choose the browser on its own???

Posted 3-Jun-12 19:44pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-03T19:50:00

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Yes: Hvae a look at the HttpRequest.Browser property[^]

Be aware though, that you will severely limit your market / audience if you do that. If you look at the browser statistics[^] you will see that 60% of users will not be able to use your site...

Posted 3-Jun-12 19:50pm

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Peter_in_2780 5-Jun-12 19:56pm

With due respect, I don't see how you can avoid user agent spoofing as mentioned in my answer below. It appears to me that the .Browser property is .NET's predigested User-Agent (or am I missing something huge here?)

Cheers,
Peter

OriginalGriff 6-Jun-12 3:10am

You can use browser spoofing to pretend you are something other than you are, but most users don't know how to.
I wanted to say that it is a silly idea to restrict your site to a single browser (presumably because the OP can't be bothered to test in other browsers). It annoys me when sites only work in IE - my wife has to do computer training on a site that just doesn't work in Chrome and it's a PITA to remember she needs IE to open it.

Peter_in_2780 6-Jun-12 3:25am

I totally agree. M$ in particular has a bunch of stuff that just fails in mysterious ways if you use FF or Chrome.
My original reply was meant to point out that forcing a particular browser is impossible. And, as you pointed out, pointless.

Cheers,
Peter

Peter_in_2780 · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-03T19:58:00

Short answer: NO.
Your code can examine the User-Agent header in the HTTP request and make some decisions based on the content, but that is not foolproof by any means. The HTTP requester (browser, spider, wGet, etc, etc) can build a User-Agent header containing whatever it wants, ans as an HTTP responder, your site has to take it on trust. Google or check Wikipedia[^] for "User Agent Spoofing"

Peter