#7645 NORM 8.2.0 (: Browse loses on comcas.net

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#7645: Browse loses on comcas.net
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 Reporter:  jg               |         Owner:  erikos              
     Type:  defect           |        Status:  new                 
 Priority:  normal           |     Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
Component:  browse-activity  |       Version:  not specified       
 Keywords:                   |   Next_action:  diagnose            
 Verified:  0                |     Blockedby:                      
 Blocking:                   |  
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 Visit www.comcast.net.
 Notice you lose completely.

 It appears, in a very obnoxious way that comcast is trying to do some
 animation of telling you to upgrade the browser.

 a) comcast.net is broken that it doesn't tolerate some browser strings.
 b) I'm glad they are trying to get people to upgrade their browser, some
 will use firefox.  But...  they do it in a horrid way....
 c) we need some way to set the browser string, or for if other ISP's do
 likewise, we may not even be able to get internet connectivity.
 d) this could be a support nightmare for g1g1 (I wanted to get to
 comcast.net to read my mail, and comcast is one of the U.S.'s biggest
 ISP's.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7645>
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