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Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

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Post by prateekdayal »

ck2 wrote: post #33

Woefully incomplete - you aren't even exploring navigator.plugins, installed fonts, DOM storage settings, etc. https://panopticlick.eff.org/index.php?action=log&js=yes

Sorry to disappoint you. This is just a MVP and we will be adding a lot more stuff (including Java detection) in the coming weeks. Please follow us on Twitter to stay updated (since we don't want to capture your email address)

Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

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Post by prateekdayal »

ottbot wrote: post #40
prateekdayal wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you please give us the permalink you get? Here or at prateek@supportbee.com so we can debug this? We want to make this super useful. This is just a MVP.

Here you go: https://aboutmybrowser.com/890034160 Windows XP on Virtuabox

Thanks. Sorry I am confused. Did it get something wrong or were you expecting more info?

Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

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Post by aw3c2 »

tech-no-logical wrote: post #28

The 'javascript : true' is redundant as this doesn't work with javascript disabled. Other than that : nice.

Actually I visited it with Javascript disable. Saw the note about details needing JS, smiled in anticipation of Javascript being used to sniff details, got "javascript: false". I think they save the results but use JS to display only (bleh...).

Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

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Post by anonova »

prateekdayal wrote: post #29
pdw wrote: post #26

> We're sorry, but something went wrong. Iceweasel 15 (rebadged Firefox) on Linux.

Oops :( Can you please pass on the url string you got? (That has all your info)

Same. I'm on a mobile browser though (Mobile Chrome).

https://aboutmybrowser.com/1027953242

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.0.4; cm_tenderloin Build/IMM76L) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.166 Safari/535.19

Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

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Post by keithpeter »

pavanky wrote: post #37

It is identifying both chromium and firefox as chrome on Linux. The User Agent String looks suspicious too.. http://imgur.com/eYdlo,XjsOH EDIT: I am on ArchLinux if that helps.

Oddly enough, it is identifying Firefox 15 and Chrome 21 correctly on Ubuntu 12.04. I'm on an open wifi in a cafe.

Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

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Post by IndigoIRIS »

You should be grabbing this on your contact us page for your technical support enquiries and then, in your message to whomever gets the requests, add a bit add the bottom with 'for technical support use' followed by the browser information.

Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

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Post by wreckimnaked »

pavanky wrote: post #37

It is identifying both chromium and firefox as chrome on Linux. The User Agent String looks suspicious too.. http://imgur.com/eYdlo,XjsOH EDIT: I am on ArchLinux if that helps.

Yeah, Chromium on OS X is also getting identified as Chrome.

Re: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

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Post by ottbot »

ottbot wrote: post #40
prateekdayal wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you please give us the permalink you get? Here or at prateek@supportbee.com so we can debug this? We want to make this super useful. This is just a MVP.

Here you go: https://aboutmybrowser.com/890034160 Windows XP on Virtuabox

Ah, I probably could have been more clear. I was expecting (hoping) for more information. It doesn't seem to have anything wrong, but it would be great if it was possible to get a more detailed version number, like 8.0.6001.18702.
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