Yes, I totally agree that it is not an Ubuntu problem and should not be fixed... But maybe someone will come here by this bug report. Or maybe someone has an idea how to reach WhatsApp developers.
Custom useragent can be set without extensions via developer tools in "Network", see attached screenshot. Another solution is --useagent CLI, I will try to make a script to not rebuild the ubuntu package in my PPA just to allow our managers to work with WhatsApp web. I don't trust 3rd party extensions. ** Attachment added: "Change useragent in Chromium without extensions" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1808853/+attachment/5223480/+files/DeepinScreenshot_Desktop_20181207114157.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808853 Title: Buggy WhatsApp misdetects Chromium with Ubuntu's patched useragent Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Starting about a week ago, https://web.whatsapp.com stopped working with Ubuntu's Chromium, it suggests to install Google Chrome. If change useragent from userAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/70.0.3538.110 Chrome/70.0.3538.110 Safari/537.36 to userAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.110 Safari/537.36 or rebuild chromium-browser without chromium_useragent.patch, than this buggy website starts to work with Chromium I tried to reach WhatsApp autoresponders by writing to [email protected], but did not get an answer from human. I've made this bug just to inform you about the problems that the patched useragent may cause and to help other people solve the problem. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1808853/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
