"Earlt" <Earlt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:638D2A94-B1DE-4741-90BC-5999D777857A@microsoft.com...
>I have done 2 thing so far I have shortened the User Agent String and
> finally removed Zune 4.0 and here is the resulting User Agent String
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.4;
> SLCC1; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET
> CLR
> 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C)
> and now www.Parade.com loads correctly. Thanks to everyone for their help
> --
> EarlT
>
>
In the interest of tying all of this together, is the bottom line that the
search in the UAS for forms of pda not entirely correct? If ZUNE is a device
that works like a pda, then the UAS identifying itself as a pda OR zune
would have been the correct information.
I'm not trying to say that the suggestion was wrong, I'm just trying to
understand that the User Agent String sends information to the server to
identify the kind of device, cellphone, PDA, whatever, and the content of
the site is rearranged to suit the device. I think that was the original
intent, so anytime one is trying to figure out why a mobile site is opened,
then the UAS should be scanned for a description of any kind of mobile
device that would make the presentation be changed to fit the device.
Where would I go to look for my User Agent String?
Does the User Agent String repair itself, or does the user have to maintain
it properly? That is, if I were to delete the UAS, would it IE see that it
is gone and simply gather the appropriate minimum information and make a new
one?
I've never played with UAS, as if it wasn't apparent by now ...