https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference
Maybe any string contains "Mobile" would be enough? FirefoxOS uses "Mobile" without the OS part, so probably Ubuntu Phone can have "Ubuntu; Mobile" instead. On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Olivier Tilloy <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > -- Vicamo Yang
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