[TYPO3-core] odd browser check in typo3/init.php

[Martin Kutschker]

Hi!

I found this 
if (!$CLIENT['BROWSER'] && !(defined('TYPO3_cliMode') && TYPO3_cliMode)) {
t3lib_BEfunc::typo3PrintError ('Browser error','You must use 4+ browsers with TYPO3!',0);
exit;
}

$CLIENT['BROWSER'] is set via t3lib_div::clientInfo() which seems to set $CLIENT['BROWSER'] only for version 4 or higher of IE and Netscape and allows all versions of Opera and Konqueror.

BTW, what is Safari?

IMHO the check is not very useful for modern Firefox/Netscape browsers. here a check for the Gecko rendering engine would make more sense.

And what's really need to be changed is the check in init.php. The version of the browser should be checked (only IE 6.0 is supported nowadays - flex forms!!!). And it would be great if the user would be presented with the results of the check. So in case of a wrong detection we can change the check.

Masi