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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 sordina »

emillon wrote: post #15

I find it interesting that Flash is detected even with FlashBlock enabled. It seems that the add-on only prevents its display.

I noticed that in Chrome too, but with 'click to play' turned on for plugins in the preferences... Not sure if it's a good or bad thing actually, since I'd rather sites assume I'm displaying flash so that I can continue blocking the flash content they want to show me, rather than them displaying it via other means.

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

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Post by vacri »

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)

Another iceweasel fault here: https://aboutmybrowser.com/1289055529

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

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Post by mikerastiello »

aidos wrote: post #14

There'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...

We used that as a jumping off point when we created my company's support portal. We added a contact form and text box for the user to describe the issue, as well as the option to attach a screen shot. Once submitted it creates a ticket in our support system.

It has allowed us to troubleshoot issues quicker without having to do the back and forth of trying to get our customer to figure out what OS or browser they are running.

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

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Post by HyprMusic »

vog wrote: post #74

For me, this site is currently quite useless. It merely shows: "We're sorry, but something went wrong." Is it a bug in the browser recognition, or is the site simply down due to its exposure to HN?

What browser are you using?

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

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Post by ashastry »

vog wrote: post #74

For me, this site is currently quite useless. It merely shows: "We're sorry, but something went wrong." Is it a bug in the browser recognition, or is the site simply down due to its exposure to HN?

It currently shows this page if it cant parse the user agent. Can you post the url with the error? It would help us debug.
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