On Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:09:43 AM UTC-7, Lawrence Mandel wrote: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/07/12/ie10-user-agent-string-update.aspx > > > > > > IE10 has introduced the Touch token to the UA string, which overlaps > > > in > > > intent with our Tablet token. > > > > > > Dao suggests it would be nice to get cross-browser consistency here. > > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773355 > > > > > > This makes some sense to me. "Touch" is more the matter of interest > > > than > > > the form factor. If we do switch, we should do it before we ship > > > native > > > Fennec on tablets. > > > > > > Anyone want to argue for or against? > > > > My argument against is that this change continues the churn on our UAs, which > have already been publicized [1]. Unless there is a clear benefit, I think we > should avoid shooting ourselves in the foot by making changes that may impact > compatibility. However, in all fairness, I have no data on how many sites > currently recognize the Firefox Tablet UA. > > > > Lawrence > > > > [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference
I agree with Lawrence. We know we have had a problem with churn on the user agent and partners have complained about it for being one of the reasons why X site stopped working on Firefox for Android. As a point of comparison btw - what does the user agent of Safari on the IPad look like for comparison? IPad is dominant on the tablet market right now, so they might be a good point for comparison. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
