Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-30 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Peter Kasting wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Mark Rowe wrote: > >> Safari 5.0.3 will always report a build version of 533.19.4. Safari 5.0.4 >> will always report a build version of 533.20.27. You already used the former >> in your "before examples". >

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Mark Rowe wrote: > On 2011-03-25, at 12:56, Peter Kasting wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Mark Rowe wrote: > >> Is there some reason why these examples use manufactured Safari build >> numbers? It's implausible that a version of Safari with a build

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Mark Rowe
On 2011-03-25, at 12:56, Peter Kasting wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Mark Rowe wrote: > Is there some reason why these examples use manufactured Safari build > numbers? It's implausible that a version of Safari with a build number of > 534.24 would ever claim to be version 5.0.3.

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Mark Rowe wrote: > Is there some reason why these examples use manufactured Safari build > numbers? It's implausible that a version of Safari with a build number of > 534.24 would ever claim to be version 5.0.3. > Sorry, I wasn't sure what the right numbers wer

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Mark Rowe
On 2011-03-25, at 12:07, Peter Kasting wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Peter Kasting wrote: > I've incorporated all the existing feedback into the draft. Feel free to > take another look. > > Since some folks seem to be unable to see the draft even while logged in, > here's the ne

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Peter Kasting wrote: > I've incorporated all the existing feedback into the draft. Feel free to > take another look. Since some folks seem to be unable to see the draft even while logged in, here's the new fulltext. PK --- User Agent String Changes On WebKi

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:54 AM, David Levin wrote: > The blog post begs the question made me wonder. > > Why was "Macintosh; " kept when it is redundant with "Intel Mac OS X > 10_6_7"? > The reasoning seem analogous to what was given for why "Windows;" was > removed. > Unlike "Windows", the s

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Patrick R. Gansterer
ebkit-dev@lists.webkit.org Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Patrick R. Gansterer wrote: If you take a look at http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebKit/wince/WebCoreSupport/Fram eLoaderClientWinCE.cpp#L57 I'm not sure if

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread David Levin
Ugh my strikethrough on "begs the question" was lost (and I meant that phrase as a joke). On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:54 AM, David Levin wrote: > The blog post begs the question made me wonder. > > Why was "Macintosh; " kept when it is redundant with "Intel Mac OS X > 10_6_7"? > The reasoning

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread David Levin
The blog post begs the question made me wonder. Why was "Macintosh; " kept when it is redundant with "Intel Mac OS X 10_6_7"? The reasoning seem analogous to what was given for why "Windows;" was removed. dave On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Peter Kasting wrote: > I've incorporated all the

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Kasting
I've incorporated all the existing feedback into the draft. Feel free to take another look. PK ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Patrick R. Gansterer wrote: > If you take a look at > http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebKit/wince/WebCoreSupport/FrameLoaderClientWinCE.cpp#L57I’m > not sure if point 5 is correct. ;-) > > The WinCE port has still my initial UA string for testing. >

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Patrick R. Gansterer
[mailto:webkit-dev-boun...@lists.webkit.org] On Behalf Of Peter Kasting Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 6:53 PM To: webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Peter Kasting wrote: I've created a draft blog post at

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Mihai Parparita
Hi Peter, I think you should say "User Agent String" in the title and maybe in the first paragraph say "User Agent (UA) string", so that it's not quite as cryptic. The inline URLs are a bit ugly, perhaps "some changes" could be turned into a link to the tracking bug and "similar changes in Firefo

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
Looks ok. Usually we stay away from mentioning changes in or plans for specific WebKit-based browsers rather than WebKit itself on the blog, when possible, so I suggest replacing the last paragraph with a general encouragement to help find compatibility problems with these changes. - Maciej

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Adam Roben
On Mar 25, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Peter Kasting wrote: > UA String Changes On WebKit Trunk > Posted by Peter Kasting on Friday, March 25th, 2011 at 10:44 am > Recently some changes to the UA string (tracked by > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54556) have landed. These changes > are designed

Re: [webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Kasting
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Peter Kasting wrote: > I've created a draft blog post at http://www.webkit.org/blog/?p=1580 about > the recent changes I and others have made to the UA string. I'm interested > in any feedback you might have. > Note, since this is a draft, you need to log in to

[webkit-dev] UA string changes blog draft

2011-03-25 Thread Peter Kasting
Hello WebKit developers, I've created a draft blog post at http://www.webkit.org/blog/?p=1580 about the recent changes I and others have made to the UA string. I'm interested in any feedback you might have. I've written a similar blog post, but focused on Chrome and aimed at a wider audience, th