@knc1: Ooh, good hunch, I seem to recall some kind of similar Duokan fuckery in the recesses of my memory...
(Err, sorry about the language, I'm in the middle of watching
The Thick of It 
).
Like I said, it's been a very, very long while since I've used the browser, but last I checked (on a K3, a good while ago, pre 3.4, pre SO), it didn't cause any trouble, and I can't think of a reason for that to have changed...