Re: [dev] [surf] User-Agent string.

Will fix this before releasing.

Thanks! :D

2010/5/18 Marvin Vek <laen_AT_onedot.nl>:
> Hey all,
>
> thought i'd throw up something i've been twisting my head around.
>
> The following resources describe what the User-Agent string should be:
>        - RFC2616, sections 14.43, 3.8
>        - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/User_Agent_Strings_Reference
>        - http://www.useragentstring.com/
>        - http://webaim.org/blog/user-agent-string-history/
>
> As shown in the last URL (and the one before that), way to many browsers
> abuse/violate the User-Agent string. Sure, every browser creator wants
> people to be able to view every site, but this can be done in a better
> way in my honest opinion.
>
> The User-Agent string, as far as i understand, should be created out of
> the following:
>
>        Browser/Version (Platform; Security; OS-or-CPU; Locale)
>
> Attached to that, additional components can be added:
>
>        Engine/Version [( .. )]
>
> As you can see on useragentstring.com Uzbl entry
> (http://useragentstring.com/pages/uzbl/) they use the Browser name
> correctly -most of the time-. Their Webkit version is wrong though,
> and Surf has it correctly here. Same _could_ be said for Midori, but
> they went for full compatability too.
>
> What the entry for Surf should look like (again, if i understand the
> RFC correctly), for example (OS/CPU derived from uname -sm):
>
>        Surf/0.3 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US) AppleWebKit/531.2+
>
> Now, this will probably give problems with for example Google. But
> since we're using the GTK version of Apple's webkit, we could add a
> 'Safari' compatibility component, and still have the User-Agent string
> compatible with RFC2616:
>
>        Surf/0.3 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US) AppleWebKit/531.2+ Compatible (Safari)
>
> With this User-Agent string, http://useragentstring.com/ detects it
> correctly, even though it doesn't know Surf yet as it's not in their
> database yet, but Gmail which looks for Mozilla, MSIE or Safari will
> function properly.
>
> Would love to hear what you think about it, and especially if this
> would be subject for implementation in the surf sources directly.
>
> Love!
>
> --
> Marvin Vek
> -
> printk ("Kicking board.
> ");
>        linux-2.6.6/drivers/net/lp486e.c
>
>
Received on Tue May 25 2010 - 07:37:24 UTC