Re: [dev] [surf] browser identification

2011-03-31 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On 25 Mar 2011, at 3:15 pm, Swiatoslaw Gal wrote: Hi, imbeciles coding sucking webpages check how the browser identifies itself. And if it is not sucking browser instead of desired content I get some ad about downloading sucking software. All I can check is for example aruljohn.com which t

Re: [dev] [surf] browser identification

2011-03-25 Thread Lorenzo Bolla
I believe you simply need to set a SURF_USERAGENT env variable? L. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Swiatoslaw Gal wrote: > Hi, > > imbeciles coding sucking webpages check how the browser identifies itself. > And if it is not sucking browser instead of desired content I get some > ad about down

[dev] [surf] browser identification

2011-03-25 Thread Swiatoslaw Gal
Hi, imbeciles coding sucking webpages check how the browser identifies itself. And if it is not sucking browser instead of desired content I get some ad about downloading sucking software. All I can check is for example aruljohn.com which tells me Your browser is Unknown Browser. At the same tim

Re: [dev][surf] browser identification changed?

2009-09-11 Thread Lorenzo Bolla
Alright, I'll answer myself. surf.c sets "user-agent" to "surf" that is evidently not recognized by those websites. I wonder why those websites use these dirty tricks... L. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Lorenzo Bolla wrote: > with the latest pull, surf is identified as the awfully old:Netsc

[dev][surf] browser identification changed?

2009-09-11 Thread Lorenzo Bolla
with the latest pull, surf is identified as the awfully old:Netscape Navigator with 40-bit encryption (International) whereas, before it, it was identified as: Apple Safari (531.2+) with 128-bit encryption (International) For this reason, webapp like GMail complain... Why did it change?