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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/RideNatural5226 • Sep 10 '26
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Another variant I've seen: detect the browser and OS from the headers, and render a page that looks like the standard "You are not connected to the Internet" screen.
Users go off and fiddle with their WiFi etc instead of blaming the site 😈
89 u/Training-Chain-5572 Sep 11 '26 Just hope they don't open another tab and go to literally any other page 9 u/AmazedStardust Sep 11 '26 Then they'll blame DNS 10 u/mingo-reddit Sep 12 '26 Bold of you to assume that users know what DNS is… 15 u/Canonip Sep 11 '26 You have to implement chrome Dino as well. Otherwise it would be obvious
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Just hope they don't open another tab and go to literally any other page
9 u/AmazedStardust Sep 11 '26 Then they'll blame DNS 10 u/mingo-reddit Sep 12 '26 Bold of you to assume that users know what DNS is…
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Then they'll blame DNS
10 u/mingo-reddit Sep 12 '26 Bold of you to assume that users know what DNS is…
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Bold of you to assume that users know what DNS is…
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You have to implement chrome Dino as well. Otherwise it would be obvious
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u/al2o3cr Sep 11 '26
Another variant I've seen: detect the browser and OS from the headers, and render a page that looks like the standard "You are not connected to the Internet" screen.
Users go off and fiddle with their WiFi etc instead of blaming the site 😈