Bug 167291

Summary:

[GTK] Add "WebKitGTK+" to user agent

Product:

WebKit

Reporter:

Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro>

Component:

WebCore Misc.

Assignee:

Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro>

Status:

RESOLVED WONTFIX

Severity:

Normal

CC:

bugs-noreply, clopez, mcatanzaro

Priority:

Version:

WebKit Nightly Build

Hardware:

OS:

Linux

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Patch	none

Michael Catanzaro

Reported 2017-01-22 09:06:11 PST

Because the web is terrible, some websites want to use the user agent to test if we are WebKitGTK+.... We'll continue to send quirk user agents to any website that degrades functionality based on user agent.

Attachments
Patch (1.46 KB, patch) 2017-01-22 09:07 PST, Michael Catanzaro	no flags	Details Formatted Diff Diff
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Michael Catanzaro

Comment 1 2017-01-22 09:06:22 PST

(Note: do not backport!)

Michael Catanzaro

Comment 2 2017-01-22 09:07:12 PST

Created attachment 299468 [details] Patch

Michael Catanzaro

Comment 3 2017-01-22 09:08:58 PST

Also Carlos Lopez, why is this desired...? It's really not to degrade functionality...?

Michael Catanzaro

Comment 4 2017-05-10 13:08:41 PDT

Comment on attachment 299468 [details] Patch This was probably a bad idea. Let's not.

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