Safari practices self-love, claims code monkey
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Posted in Bootnotes, 2nd June 2008 13:17 GMT
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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:
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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