Ubuntu Web Browser identified as old Safari in gmail

[DonnieD]

Ubuntu Web Browser identified as old Safari in gmail.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: webbrowser-app 0.23+15.04.20150416-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-16.16-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu May 7 11:29:34 2015
SourcePackage: webbrowser-app
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[DonnieD (donnied)]

That also applies to unity Gmail webapp which also opens webbrowser-app
Would be nice if gmai webapp and webbrowser nicely open gmail mobile version as the google chrome with the folowing link: https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/912/?mui=ca#tl/priority/%5Eu

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Using webapp-container --user-agent-string with Firefox user-agent-string works:
$ webapp-container https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox --app-id=comgooglemail --maximized --user-agent-string='Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:39.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/39.0'

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

This is still happening on Wily. I have just installed the GCal web app. The moment I logged in, Google notified me about a login from Safari... O_o

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package webbrowser-app - 0.23+16.04.20160129.1-0ubuntu1

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webbrowser-app (0.23+16.04.20160129.1-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Add a UA override for desktop gmail to get rid of a misleading
    warning about using a deprecated version of safari. (LP: #1452616)
  * Do not connect to the loadingChanged signal, which has been
    deprecated for a good while. (LP: #1538190)
  * In narrow mode, when a mouse is connected, turn the bottom edge hint
    into a clickable bottom edge bar. (LP: #1534239)
  * Update focus highlight to match the upcoming UITK implementation.
    (LP: #1539176)
  * Update tab visuals to higher-contrast assets. (LP: #1534760)

 -- Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden> Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:41:15 +0000

[Terry Relph-Knight (r-terry-2)]

Hmm - just playing with the new BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet. Opened the Ubuntu browser and got a Google log in page, logged in and sure enough a bit later got a warning from Google that someone had tried a Safari log in on my account. Yet another aspect of Ubuntu and this tablet that shows it ain't ready yet.

[Bob Harvey (bobharvey)]

yes, Terry, that was the basis of my bug #1574115 which No-one responded to so I have marked it as a duplicate of this one.

Annoying, isn't it.. I could have bought nearly two Samsung android tablets for what the M10 cost.. And I am beginning to wish I had.