Re: LYNX-DEV user agent?

[Benjamin C. W. Sittler]

On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Matt Ackeret wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Benjamin C. W. Sittler wrote:
> >I support his view because I believe the user needs to be kept aware that
> >their browser is masquerading as another. If the user agent is set in the
> >configuration file, they might conceivably never know, especially in the
> >case of an anonymous account.
> 
> Ridiculous.  By this argument, the person should have to keep verifying
> that they're using 7 bit approximations to view the text, because they're
> not getting the "real" text that's being sent.

I have never heard of someone threatening to sue users because they are
using 7-bit approximations.