Firefox user-agent is malformed
Bug #48316 reported by
Thomas Folz-Donahue
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubufox (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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Mozilla Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
New dapper firefox user agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv: 1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060523 Ubuntu/dapper Firefox/1.5.0.3
Mozilla's user-agent string specification is http://
Specifically, it's supposed to go something like this-
MozillaProductToken (MozillaComment) GeckoProductToken *(VendorProduct
but Ubuntu put it's vendor comment
1) between the MozillaComment and the GeckoProductToken
2) not in parentheses
That's not the right way to construct a user-agent. This issue isn't simply academic, though- some sites don't think the browser is Firefox. One such site is
Changed in firefox: | |
assignee: | mozillateam → mozilla-bugs |
Changed in ubufox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
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Ah. You want it to read:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv: 1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060523 Firefox/1.5.0.3 (Ubuntu/dapper)
The parentheses don't seem to be very important according to the
spec, but I suppose people might find that easier to parse.