On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Vincent JOBARD <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I think that comes because oxyde, the webbroser use an Android-Chrome > user-agent. > > Cheers, > Winael > > > Le lun. 1 juin 2015 08:59, Gareth France <[email protected]> a écrit : >> >> I'm curious to know about how the world sees Ubuntu. I recently went to >> check my emails using the gmail app only to find myself logged out. I didn't >> think much of it and entered my details. It let me in but the result was an >> email being sent to me containing the following: >> >> Hi Gareth,Your Google Account [email protected] was just used to >> sign in on Android. >> >> So why does Google think Ubuntu is Android? Is this how the web as a whole >> sees our phones? Is there not a way to report back a Linux or Ubuntu?
Hi Gareth, Vincent, Aside from the minor confusion (oxide is the web rendering engine, not the browser itself), this is mostly correct. The webbrowser application advertises a user-agent string that contains an "Android" token, which causes most websites and webapps to serve android-specific content. Without this trick, most websites and webapps would serve content that is not adapted for mobile/touch. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/1328183 for details about the rationale for choosing such a UA string. HTH, Olivier -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
