Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_USER_AGENT" returns a string containing Mozilla/# . Does "Mozilla" mean that the browser is a Mozilla compliant browser? It shows up in any version of IE and Netscape.
The original name for Netscape's browser, now called Navigator. Some people claim that the term is a contraction of Mosaic Godzilla (e.g., Mosaic killer), since Mosaic was the number one Web browser at the time Netscape began developing its product. The term Mozilla is still used by many Web developers and appears in server log files that identify the browsers being used.
In 1998, Netscape decided to make the source code for Navigator freely available to the public. The Netscape group responsible for releasing the code is called mozilla.org, and its Web site is
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