Hello, I ran across this bug while trying to resolve a problem I'm having with FCKeditor[1]. FCKeditor compares the javascript value navigator.productSub[2] to a number (20030210) in its browser detection code. This now fails because navigator.productSub is 'Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-2'. Granted the code in FCKeditor could be more intelligent, but in quick a survey of the 159 unique Firefox UA strings hitting my website in the last day, every single one uses the 'Gecko/YYYYMMDD' format save for two recent Debian Firefox/Epiphany builds.
In my mind, breaking existing javascript apps that may rely on the UA spec (however ill conceived) is worse than having a long UA string (that is invisible to most end users anyway). The WTF factor is pretty high when one encounters a script that relies on the UA spec that used to work and now doesn't. Just my $0.02, Benj Carson -- [1] www.fckeditor.net - FCKeditor is a popular WYSIWYG web-based HTML editor. [2] http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.navigator.productSub -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
