eBay, a browser bigot?

Question for the geeks: do some websites, including eBay, give higher service priority to requests from some browsers than others?

Over months, I’ve consistently noticed that eBay responds much faster to Firefox than Chrome. I wouldn’t think it would know where the request comes from, so I’m confused. :confused:

Come to think of it, eBay is the only site I’ve noticed this happening at.

Opera will identify itself to servers as any browser you want it to, which would make it ideal for testing your hypothesis.