Ping Competitors with IE6

Every now and then, ping one of your competitor's websites using an IE6 VM. Keep them on their toes. Also randomly connect using weird resolutions, sometimes their analytics tracks the browser resolution. Nothing like a conversation explaining why supporting 5000x100 is a terrible idea. Or one better, using spoofed agent headers, create a very expensive basket, go all the way to checkout. Then abandon the session. Repeat a few times. "We must support Netscape Navigator 1.0, we have high paying customers that aren't able to complete checkout."

A screenshot of a humorous developer tweet and a comment suggesting ways to torment competitors by testing obsolete browsers, strange screen resolutions, and spoofed user-agent headers. The punchline is that these actions create absurd analytics data and force companies to support ancient browsers such as Netscape Navigator 1.0, parodying edge-case customer requirements. EN: A screenshot of a humorous developer tweet and a comment suggesting ways to torment competitors by testing obsolete browsers, strange screen resolutions, and spoofed user-agent headers. The punchline is that these actions create absurd analytics data and force companies to support ancient browsers such as Netscape Navigator 1.0, parodying edge-case customer requirements.

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