> > We experimented quite extensively with that in the past (our initial > approach was, as suggested by mozilla, a minimal UA string), and > unfortunately it didn’t cut it. Mozilla has taken the hard route, and > their effort is admirable, but it’s an uphill battle that we can’t > afford to fight now (I hope this changes in the future). We’ve chosen > a pragmatic approach. Note that the browser advertises itself as > "Ubuntu like Android", meaning that it still allows for proper > detection.
I like that ways, guys! "hard" way can can cause bad user experience (unadopted for mobile platforms sites). 2015-06-01 12:09 GMT+03:00 Olivier Tilloy <[email protected]>: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Vicamo Yang <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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. > > We experimented quite extensively with that in the past (our initial > approach was, as suggested by mozilla, a minimal UA string), and > unfortunately it didn’t cut it. Mozilla has taken the hard route, and > their effort is admirable, but it’s an uphill battle that we can’t > afford to fight now (I hope this changes in the future). We’ve chosen > a pragmatic approach. Note that the browser advertises itself as > "Ubuntu like Android", meaning that it still allows for proper > detection. > > > > 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 > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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