On 11/23/2009 07:13 AM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 11/22/2009 11:38 PM, Cedar wrote: >> Wow! You guys are fantastic! That actually worked....I can even click >> on the e-mail newsletter links and get there now! Holy Cow! (haha) >> >> But now, should I leave this new string in about:config permanently? >> Are there any possible circumstance/websites where this change may cause >> problems? >> >> Thanks much. > > I would definitely NOT spoof permanently. Permanent spoofing tells the > Web site developers that everything is okay when that is not true. > Then, when someone complains that their site does not work with > SeaMonkey, they say that no one uses SeaMonkey to access their site.
Says David while using Thunderbird :-) The reason for the 'NOT Firefox/<someversion>' has been discussed quite a lot in the past. The conclusion was to add it in that manner so that SeaMonkey would be recongnized, while at the same time by passing the Fx sniffing issue. If someone is gathering stats on their site they will/should see the SeaMonkey in the UA string. > > Install an extension for spoofing. There are several. They have an > editable list of browsers whose user agent strings you can select, > including returning to your actual browser's string (turning off > spoofing). They also automatically turn off spoofing when you terminate > SeaMonkey. One popular extension for spoofing is User Agent Switcher at > <http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/>. I prefer PrefBar > at <http://prefbar.mozdev.org/> because of its other features unrelated > to spoofing. > I very much recommend prefbar as well. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
