Bug #1560
[iceweasel] 1:57.0.1-4 User agent is "X11; Linux x86_64; Iceweasel" now, previous versions had "Windows NT 6.1; Firefox" instead (56 and earlier)
Status:
fixed
Priority:
bug
Assignee:
% Done:
100%
Description
Well, to be honest, I don't know if it's a bug or a feature.
But in previous versions, Windows user agent helped with those sites which are hostile / ignorant about GNU/Linux.
For example, https://www.testufo.com/ shows red box about "VSYNC is not available on the Linux platform." which is mostly not true (depends on desktop environment and configuration).
I have 1:56.0.1-1 version of Iceweasel on one of the VMs, and it has the following user agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0
Current 1:57.0.1-4 has different one:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Iceweasel/57.0.1
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History
Updated by oaken-source over 6 years ago
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
- Assignee set to oaken-source
- Status changed from open to fixed
this should be fixed in 1:57.0.1-5 (caused by a typo in vendor.js)
Updated by oaken-source about 6 years ago
- Related to Freedom Issue #1620: [Iceweasel] Iceweasel uses the user agent of a nonfree OS added