Favicon - User Agent bug in Compatibility Mode

[Evan]

Hi, I think I have found a small bug in IE 8 and I was wondering if anyone
could confirm this was happening to them.

Steps to reproduce:
1) You need HTTP Watch, or IE Watch, or Fiddler running.
2) Pick a site and add it to you list of sites for compatibility mode.
3) Visit the site with your http watcher running.

Bug:
If you look at your user agent, it will be "compatible; MSIE 7.0 (etc.)" for
all of your requests, EXCEPT for the request to favicon.ico, which will be
"compatible; MSIE 8.0 (etc.)"

This bug is more annoying than it seems, because switching the user agent
can give the impression of a man-in-the-middle cookie interception.

 

[rob^_^]

Hi Evan,

I have raised a ticket at MS connect on your behalf.

http://connect.microsoft.com/IE/fee...en-retrieving-favicon-may-be-causing-problems

You should be able to navigate to the above URL and confirm the issue
without having to join. You may need a Live ID though.

IE8 is in the Maintenance stage, but any issues are accepted through the
connect portal.

mmm.... I can see situations where Tomcat servers may not return the site
favicon resulting in the wrong icon being displayed in a tab leaf.

Regards.

"Evan" <Evan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5AF9EF12-CFD3-4474-A7DC-A93CAA061AFB@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I think I have found a small bug in IE 8 and I was wondering if anyone
> could confirm this was happening to them.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1) You need HTTP Watch, or IE Watch, or Fiddler running.
> 2) Pick a site and add it to you list of sites for compatibility mode.
> 3) Visit the site with your http watcher running.
>
> Bug:
> If you look at your user agent, it will be "compatible; MSIE 7.0 (etc.)"
> for
> all of your requests, EXCEPT for the request to favicon.ico, which will be
> "compatible; MSIE 8.0 (etc.)"
>
> This bug is more annoying than it seems, because switching the user agent
> can give the impression of a man-in-the-middle cookie interception.