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Safari practices self-love, claims code monkey

Last.fm input id outrage

Aficionados of code profanity in which exasperated operatives embed their disaffection deep in their masters' source code will doubtless enjoy Last.fm's contribution to the genre, found hidden in this innocent-looking page.

A quick perusal of the source code reveals: <input id="safariIsWank" type="hidden" value="" /> - an assertion which will certainly offend those who worship at the altar of Apple.

We suspect this guerilla action might be a counter to the now-legendary opinion of Internet Explorer, as spotted by Google's Code Search facility:

F**king IE

Lovely. We look forward to a clandestine analysis of Firefox, complete with suitably non-flattering expletives. ®

Bootnote

Ta very much to Robbin Nichol for the tip-off.

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