Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 04:52:36PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: >> >> I think his point wasn't so much the version number as the name in >> front >> of it. Websites don't know what Iceweasel is, they do know what Firefox >> is. >> > I think that such a thing is bad. I understand the purpose behind the > name change. But a browser that claims to be a Firefox-alike should > function as much like Firefox as possible. To me that means not messing > with the useragent string. That sort of thing is generally hidden from > users and not likely to be easy to figure out/fix for many users in the > case of a problem.
I would argue that if the value of your User-Agent string affects browsing habits, then the bug is with the website, not the browser. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
