On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[email protected]> wrote: > On Qua, 29 Abr 2009, "Barclay, Daniel" wrote: >> >> Wait a minute. Why does the Debian-rebranded Firefox go beyond just >> changing >> the software name (the name used to identify the software to humans, >> relevant >> to the Mozilla licensing issue) and also change the _technical_ behavior, >> reducing compatibility? >> >> Does the Mozilla license really require Debian to change the user agent >> string? >> >> If it really does, could the string be structured something like >> "Iceweasel (Firefox compatible)" so that at least some user-agent sniffing >> will recognize Iceweasel as the Firefox browser the web site already >> knows? > > I asked the same thing some time ago. I agree that the User-Agent should > keep "Firefox".
I have long since set 'general.useragent.extra.firefox' in about:config to 'Firefox/3.0' and have not had compatibility problems since. And I see this in Help, About Iceweasel: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009030810 Firefox/3.0 (Debian-3.0.7-1) Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
