BYOND Browsers being redirected to IE 4.0 in Bug Reports

ID:103297
 
Oct 16 2010, 3:07 pm
Not a bug
BYOND Version:479
Operating System:Windows Vista Home Basic
Web Browser:Firefox 3.6.10
Applies to:Dream Seeker
Status: Not a bug
This is not a bug. It may be an incorrect use of syntax or a limitation in the software. For further discussion on the matter, please consult the BYOND Developer forums.
Descriptive Problem Summary:
BYOND Browsers are redirected to IE 4.0 instead of the latest IE installed on your system.

It occurs with other people, including myself, as well as other computers that I own.
#1 Oct 16 2010, 5:37 pm
Since I was kinda curious about this, I made a quick verb that shows a webpage that detects the browser:
    test_url()
        world << browse("<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='2;url=http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/navigator.shtml'>")

In BYOND:
appCodeName: Mozilla
appName: Microsoft Internet Explorer
appVersion: 4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)

In IE:
appCodeName: Mozilla
appName: Microsoft Internet Explorer
appVersion: 5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)

From those outputs and the '4.0' version number whatever you're trying to detect it with is reading the 'Mozilla-compatible' number (Which is 4.0 in pretty much every version of IE except 9 beta and maybe 8.) instead of the actual IE version number.