Mike Hommey wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:54:41AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: >> Mike Hommey wrote: >>> On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:12:07AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> The fact that Iceweasel does not behave like Firefox in some important >>>> areas has been bothering me more and more of late. Iceweasel breaks >>>> many, many web apps by virtue of not using the Firefox user-agent >>>> string. It also breaks compatibility with some plugins. >>> I just decided I don't care anymore. So here is a deal to those reading >>> this thread. Give me a UA string that: >>> - Doesn't claim to be Firefox (i.e keep Iceweasel in it) >> Would it meet your requirements if it said something like "Linux; >> Debian-Iceweasel" down deep in it somewhere? We could keep Firefox >> where people expect it, and add Iceweasel deep in it? > > That sounds like claiming to be Firefox, with a small note saying it's > actually Iceweasel. I'm much more in favor of keeping the Iceweasel > string as it is and adding something, this something having to be > defined.
But that's really what the situation is, isn't it? I really don't see the need to put Iceweasel in there anywhere, but I think it can be done without causing too much trouble. > Let me suggest adding "(like Firefox/3.5)", but I'm not sure how the > crappy sites parsing the version number will deal with the closing > parenthesis. I would not expect that to achieve the same level of compatibility. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
