On 1/5/11 3:58 PM, Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 1/4/11 7:23 PM, Rufus wrote: >>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>> On 1/4/11 5:47 PM, Rufus wrote: >>>>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>>>> On 1/4/11 4:17 AM, Ray_Net wrote: >>>>>>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>>>>>> On 1/3/11 2:06 PM, Ray_Net wrote: >>>>>>>>> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >>>>>>>>>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> .. Of course, that will hide the fact that SeaMonkey is in use and >>>>>>>>>>> lead Web developers to ignore SeaMonkey. >>>>>>>>>> That's also a reason I frequently dispute folks when they say "just >>>>>>>>>> set >>>>>>>>>> it to mask as IE and fuggetaboutit." :-/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If the code in seamonkey *is* the code of firefox, it's normal that he >>>>>>>>> *must* spoof as firefox. >>>>>>>> The code in SeaMonkey is NOT the code of Firefox. >>>>>>> Why SM 2.1.x spoof itself by default firefox then ? >>>>>> This change is being made to avoid the problems cited at the start of >>>>>> this thread. This was imposed by changing the Gecko core or another >>>>>> core-like component that is required by SeaMonkey. The change is >>>>>> optional with the default to spoof Firefox. The option is controlled by >>>>>> a preference variable that can be set in the user.js file or via >>>>>> about:config in the browser. >>>>>> >>>>>> It is my understanding that Robert Kaiser (SeaMonkey guru) was not happy >>>>>> about this change. If my understanding is wrong, I hope Kaiser will >>>>>> correct me. >>>>>> >>>>> ...I'm not happy and I hope that Robert isn't either and is able to do >>>>> something about this "improvement". I'd far more prefer the actual SM >>>>> default, and an interfaced, drop-down listed set of UA strings like is >>>>> built into Safari Developer Tools. >>>>> >>>> A drop-down selection list of UA strings for spoofing is available from >>>> either the PrefBar or UserAgentSwitcher extensions. These both have the >>>> feature that your actual UA string is restored when you exit the browser >>>> in case you forget that you were spoofing some other browser. >>>> >>> Yes, which is great. But if SM is now going to make your default >>> something other than the truth anyway?..well, I'd rather just see that >>> left out and User Agent Switcher built in. >>> >> The "feature" is not yet in a final version of SeaMonkey. When it is, I >> plan to set the preference variable to not spoof Firefox. I want to see >> which Web sites are problematical. The problem is that I cannot >> remember what is the name of the variable. >> > You don't have to David. It's in SM2.1b2pre's Preferences -- > Edit > Preferences > Advanced > HTTP_Networking > User_Agent_String > > Advertise_Firefox_compatibility [checkbox] toggle it on or off as > desired.... > HTH, Barry.
Thank you. A very long time ago in a quite different software project, I strongly advocated using existing user interfaces to set controls and avoiding when possible tampering with database flags. In the case of Mozilla-related products, "controls" = preferences and "database flags" = preference variables. I will, of course, follow my own advice. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
