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To be fair, iOS offers no capability to list the browsers a user has installed on their phone. So they have to assume Safari, which is a fair assumption for 90%

by untog 8y ago

To be fair, iOS offers no capability to list the browsers a user has installed on their phone. So they have to assume Safari, which is a fair assumption for 90% of users, I imagine.

Scoundreller 8y ago
Doesn’t the browser string make it clear which browser is being used?
prepend 8y ago
To be fair, asking this for every single session ignoring my answer that has been the same the past 1000 times makes it a stupid, anti-user action.
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  I dearly hope my bank raises a flag if I decide to choose a language other than English on the ATM. I’ve only chosen it 9134 times in a row.
  - Consultant32452 8y ago
    "Congratulations, Scoundreller, on learning a new language. As a reward we've temporarily lifted your maximum withdrawal limit!"
    - WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
      Not sure if joke about you choosing english and the machine being shit or just not knowing another language to make the job more authentic.
      - Consultant32452 8y ago
        It's kind of a double joke. The machine is dumb because it doesn't remember what language you chose. The second part is that if his language suddenly changes, it's probably not him. Removing the withdrawal limit allows the person with his stolen credentials to get more money.
  - Rjevski 8y ago
    Just FYI, this is controlled by the ATM itself and your language choice isn’t stored nor passed onto your bank.
    - reaperducer 8y ago
      I'm not sure if this has changed, but I remember a Chase(?) ATM asking me if I wanted to save the setting. Maybe it's not a thing anymore?
      - Rjevski 8y ago
        If you had a Chase card they could use some proprietary way of saving the language, but for other banks there's no standard way of saving the language (on the card for example), so the only solution is for the ATMs to maintain an online (since you're unlikely to return to the same ATM) mapping of card numbers to languages, and that would bring a huge liability.
      - kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
        Chase has a bunch of ATM settings you can configure in the web app. Auto printing receipts without a prompt is one of them.
dnhz 8y ago
Gmail somehow knows. Every time I click a link, it asks to open in Safari or for me to install Chrome. I check the never ask prompt, but it always asks.

by untog 8y ago

To be fair, iOS offers no capability to list the browsers a user has installed on their phone. So they have to assume Safari, which is a fair assumption for 90% of users, I imagine.

Scoundreller 8y ago

Doesn’t the browser string make it clear which browser is being used?

prepend 8y ago

To be fair, asking this for every single session ignoring my answer that has been the same the past 1000 times makes it a stupid, anti-user action.

Scoundreller 8y ago
I dearly hope my bank raises a flag if I decide to choose a language other than English on the ATM. I’ve only chosen it 9134 times in a row.
- Consultant32452 8y ago
  "Congratulations, Scoundreller, on learning a new language. As a reward we've temporarily lifted your maximum withdrawal limit!"
  - WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
    Not sure if joke about you choosing english and the machine being shit or just not knowing another language to make the job more authentic.
    - Consultant32452 8y ago
      It's kind of a double joke. The machine is dumb because it doesn't remember what language you chose. The second part is that if his language suddenly changes, it's probably not him. Removing the withdrawal limit allows the person with his stolen credentials to get more money.
- Rjevski 8y ago
  Just FYI, this is controlled by the ATM itself and your language choice isn’t stored nor passed onto your bank.
  - reaperducer 8y ago
    I'm not sure if this has changed, but I remember a Chase(?) ATM asking me if I wanted to save the setting. Maybe it's not a thing anymore?
    - Rjevski 8y ago
      If you had a Chase card they could use some proprietary way of saving the language, but for other banks there's no standard way of saving the language (on the card for example), so the only solution is for the ATMs to maintain an online (since you're unlikely to return to the same ATM) mapping of card numbers to languages, and that would bring a huge liability.
    - kevin_thibedeau 8y ago
      Chase has a bunch of ATM settings you can configure in the web app. Auto printing receipts without a prompt is one of them.

dnhz 8y ago

Gmail somehow knows. Every time I click a link, it asks to open in Safari or for me to install Chrome. I check the never ask prompt, but it always asks.