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Except we should be pushing for the elimination of user agent strings, too. They just end up being used as a lazy way for lazy developers to not test for capabi
by OkayPhysicist 3y ago
Except we should be pushing for the elimination of user agent strings, too. They just end up being used as a lazy way for lazy developers to not test for capabilities.
The most recent example I've run into is Snapchat's web client: It reject's Firefox purely by user agent string, but then works perfectly in Firefox if you just have your browser lie.
- andrepd 3y agoThat's the sort of this that should be illegal for anticompetitive reasons.
- Y_Y 3y agoI strongly agree. I don't think a website is going to do anything with my user agent string that benefits me. I'd much prefer a web where websites can't do things outside of the standard. We ne er needed webmidi, but a company that makes a browser/is hybrid definitely wanted it. Speaking of Google, won't this interfere with their "look we're not a monopoly" payments to Mozilla Corp?