As far as I recall, IE, since reaching adulthood some few years ago, has identified itself as Mozilla when asked. It's a very pragmatic solution to the problem

As far as I recall, IE, since reaching adulthood some few years ago, has identified itself as Mozilla when asked. It's a very pragmatic solution to the problem of a lot of websites having code to check for IE and apply all kinds of hacks to make stuff work anyway. It's also a tacit concession that .. yeah .. our track record wan't too good. I'm old enough to remember the days when IE was a dominant force and they could pretty much thrash around and invent their own quirks and standards, forcing everyone else to play to their tune. So I find great joy in seeing IE disguising itself as Mozilla in order to not be treated as a rotten egg.