Public bug reported: It seems the webbrowser app identifies itself as an Android browser. This causes a lot of sites not to be usable on Ubuntu and redirecting the user to the android app store. For example Evernote, Whatsap, g+, Nokia here maps, king.com and many many more:
Example with evernote: http://people.canonical.com/~alan/screenshots/device-2015-03-16-141033.png The browser should have its own user string, not claiming to be an android device. ** Affects: webbrowser-app Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: It seems the webbrowser app identifies itself as an Android browser. This causes a lot of sites not to be usable on Ubuntu and redirecting the user to the android app store. For example Evernote, Whatsap, g+, Nokia here maps, king.com and many many more: Example with evernote: http://people.canonical.com/~alan/screenshots/device-2015-03-16-141033.png - The browser should have it's own user string, not claiming to be an + The browser should have its own user string, not claiming to be an android device. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu WebApps bug tracking, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432669 Title: user agent is misleading Status in Web Browser App: New Bug description: It seems the webbrowser app identifies itself as an Android browser. This causes a lot of sites not to be usable on Ubuntu and redirecting the user to the android app store. For example Evernote, Whatsap, g+, Nokia here maps, king.com and many many more: Example with evernote: http://people.canonical.com/~alan/screenshots/device-2015-03-16-141033.png The browser should have its own user string, not claiming to be an android device. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/webbrowser-app/+bug/1432669/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-webapps-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-webapps-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
