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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 wldlyinaccurate »

I don't know how easy it is (or if it's even possible) but it would be really useful to detect what add-ons are enabled. Things like Adblock, Flashblock, cause a lot of trouble and some users don't even know that they have them installed.

I also wonder whether it's possible to detect whether Flash is actually enabled. I disable the Flash plugin on Chrome by default, but tools like this generally don't pick up on that.

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

#92

Post by JoeAltmaier »

anonymoushn wrote: post #20

It 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

Yeah my 1920X1200 Dell display reports at 1536X960

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

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Post by pakeha »

jonasvp wrote: post #81

Wow, talk about synchronicity... I put up our site doing the exact same thing last night ! Design-wise you're definitely ahead, however. :-) Our version is at http://www.browser-details.com . When you sign up you get your own subdomain - or you define a CNAME under your own domain [premium]. You can upload your logo, define a list of recipients, and your clients can send the browser details directly to one of those r…

Your site correctly identified my browser as Chrome for iPhone. OP's site detected it as Safari on OS/2. Kudos. Perhaps you could share some insights on why this might be.

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

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Post by jonasvp »

pakeha wrote: post #93
jonasvp wrote: post #81

Wow, talk about synchronicity... I put up our site doing the exact same thing last night ! Design-wise you're definitely ahead, however. :-) Our version is at http://www.browser-details.com . When you sign up you get your own subdomain - or you define a CNAME under your own domain [premium]. You can upload your logo, define a list of recipients, and your clients can send the browser details directly to one of those r…

Your site correctly identified my browser as Chrome for iPhone. OP's site detected it as Safari on OS/2. Kudos. Perhaps you could share some insights on why this might be.

Sure! We're using http://user-agent-string.info/

I didn't feel up to doing the parsing myself...

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

#96

Post by muyuu »

dsr_ wrote: post #82

Let me make a suggestion: for reporting, return a URL with a set of word codes rather than numbers and letters. https://aboutmybrowser.com/dog_walrus_banana_door If you figure out a set of 1000 short words that are not too close to each other and easy to pronounce, four of them gives you a trillion possible combinations. If you window it so that the first word is always the same on a given day and keep a record of th…

That's a nice compilation. I used lists from here: http://www.bckelk.ukfsn.org/menu.html to programmatically compile a list for a similar purpose, and a markov-chain based sentence generator that I didn't use because it could generate sensitive stuff occasionally...

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

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Post by calinet6 »

twog wrote: post #97

Another great tool that does this is http://supportdetails.com/ I like how aboutmybrowser allows you to grab a quick link to share.

We use this. Works great and is very user-friendly even for people who aren't good with computers.
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