On 1/25/2018 8:32 AM, WaltS48 wrote: > On 1/25/18 10:56 AM, David E. Ross wrote: >> On 1/25/2018 3:44 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>> On 1/24/2018 7:51 PM, Daniel wrote: >>>>> Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: >>>>>> 2.49.1 is based on ESR 52.4 >>>>>> 2.49.2 should (hopefully) arrive in the next 2-3 weeks and will be based >>>>>> on 52.6 >>>>>> >>>>>> Firefox does not show minor version numbers in its UA string. >>>>>> >>>>>> 52.5.3 ESR: >>>>>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 >>>>>> Firefox/52.0 >>>>>> >>>>>> 2.49.2 x 64 local build: >>>>>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 >>>>>> Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.2 >>>>>> >>>>>> As you can see almost identical but as usual google and others will do >>>>>> incorrect user agent sniffing. >>>>>> >>>>>> FRG >>>>> That's interesting!! Being a long term SM user, it has always intrigued >>>>> me why the Gecko number has not been updated in yonks (20100101)... but >>>>> now I see that probably stems from FF, which also doesn't seem to update >>>>> its Gecko release date!! >>>>> >>>>> Presumably the Gecko engine *HAS* actually been updated!! ;-P >>>>> >>>> Not updating the version date for Gecko in the user agent string is part >>>> of Mozilla's plan to obscure user characteristics. Web servers sniffing >>>> user data supposedly find it harder to track individual users. See bug >>>> #1329996 at <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329996>. >>>> >>>> I prefer relying on the Secret Agent extension from >>>> <https://www.dephormation.org.uk/index.php?page=81>. >>>> >>> Then one would have to wonder what use it is to have the Gecko version >>> with-in the User-Agent string at all!! ;-( >>> >> Some Web servers insist on sniffing the user agent string and expect >> some kind of date for Gecko. Mozilla-based browsers fail to work on >> such Web sites unless there is a date field. >> > > An example please. >
I do not have an example. I recall reading in a bug report (now apparently closed) that omitting the Gecko date was causing problems with Web servers that sniff the UA. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> President Trump: Please stop using Twitter. We need to hear your voice and see you talking. We need to know when your message is really your own and not your attorney's. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
