Re: Listing compatible browsers in user-agent

Le mar 12/11/2002 à 19:26, Diego SANTA CRUZ a écrit :
> Hi there,
> 
> Sorry if this has already been proposed, but I think it would be useful
> to list compatible browsers in the user agent string (maybe as an
> option), such as netscape. I know that it is possible to change the user
> agent string through gconf, but I don't want to spoof the user agent,
> just provide a way to browse broken sites that check user agent for
> major browser names.
> 

> 
> Does this sound something desirable?
> 

Nope, what is desirable is to get people to fix this site (you can file
a bug on bugzilla.mozilla.org about that in the evangelism component).
If you fake your user agent, people won't see it much in their logs, and
will be less inclined to fix their bad habits with respect to ua
detection. So it's really better to get webmasters to fix crappy
detection code like that one (hint: it's better to test the
browser-specific function you'll need instead of sniffing the useragent
string iirc).

But you can change galeon user agent if you really want to, have a look
in readme.extraprefs or the faq, that should be explained somewhere

Cheers,

Christophe


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