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" 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.