FS#14504 - useragent need to be Firefox not GranParadiso

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by zap (warlock) - Thursday, 30 April 2009, 03:03 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 31 May 2009, 12:08 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: Firefox Firefox/3.0.10

by access about:config, It is possible to set the default value of general.useragent.extra.firefox to Firefox/3.0.10
The major trouble is that if you not change this value and leave it to GranParadiso/3.0.10 some web 2.0 like (www.hotmail.com) will be broken
with the hotmail case, other can't see messages you sending resulting in a empty e-mail from you

hotmail, and other secure web page check if you brower is valide and it look M$ dont like GranParadiso

P.P you can change this setting by go to about:config in url bar
This a easy and quick fix
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 12:08 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  see the last comment and/or search bugtracker for similar reports.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 30 April 2009, 03:58 GMT
I have no problems with hotmail... Anyway, websites should be looking at the rendering engine not the browser name, so I don't think this is our problem.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 30 April 2009, 04:23 GMT
I just saw your post on the forums describing the problem with hotmail and I can replicate. (I never actually send an email through the hotmail interface so had not noticed).
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 30 April 2009, 08:30 GMT
Websites should check for gecko, not for Firefox. This affects any browser that isn't firefox, but uses the xulrunner engine, and isn't something we can or will fix.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Thursday, 30 April 2009, 16:49 GMT
@zap, I don't have this problem, but if you have these problems use the "User Agent Switcher": http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 31 May 2009, 12:08 GMT
Similar reports were made in past, and AFAIR all were rejected. So I'm going to close it as "Won't fix"/"Duplicate".

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