As geeks, we tend to forget sometimes how trivial questions such as "What browser are you using" leave some users completely stumped. Heck, there may be so many people who do not even know the meaning of a browser. This seems a simple yet great way to get the required info. Kudos!
Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
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Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
#12I think if you add a "share via e-mail" feature right underneath it, it would be awesome.
Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you access a direct link (to someone's browser info) the page should make it clear that it's not your browser you are visiting. Now it says "share your browser info" even if you opened some other url.
Nice idea - this could be achieved by dropping a cookie.
I guess what he is trying to do is, ask user's OS, Browser, whether Flash or any other plugin is installed or not when you are talking to customer for support. Not to gather stats.
Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
#14There's also supportdetails.com which has a feature to let you customise [1] the recipient email etc so people can easily forward the details through to you.
[1] http://supportdetails.com/?sender_name=example&sender=em...
Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
#15I find it interesting that Flash is detected even with FlashBlock enabled. It seems that the add-on only prevents its display.
Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
#16I use http://supportdetails.com/ . It's solved this problem for me since atleast the last 4 years.
Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
#17There's also supportdetails.com which has a feature to let you customise [1] the recipient email etc so people can easily forward the details through to you. [1] http://supportdetails.com/?sender_name=example&sender=em...
Yep. That one looks good and showed up in our research as well. In aboutmybrowser, we generate a custom url for you so you can copy the url and share your info easily. No need to copy all the text or enter your email to share the info. Just better to protect your privacy and anonymity.
More of the similar products out there focus on users who want to find out their info (basically savvy users). This is for support agents who want to find out their users' browser info without asking them to go through so much trouble
Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
#18(non-ambiguous) letters rather than numbers would be better to keep the urls short.
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#19Cool. How about adding a way to automatically fire off a web hook after sniffing the information. As in:
"Thanks for reporting the issue. Would you mind following this link so that we can get some information about your web browser? https://aboutmybrowser.com/?to=mysite.com/browserhook
Or better, let me sign up for an account and register a named webhook with you, as in, https://aboutmybrowser.com/mysite, that would automatically forward information from anybody hitting it to the webhook url I'd configured at mysite.com.
That would rock.
Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
#20It looks like it detects the resolution of the primary display. I'm not sure if there's a way to pick the "right" display, though.
Screen Width 1440
Screen Height 900
Browser Width 2560
Browser Height 1368