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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 zethraeus »

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…

This is especially brilliant in this situation because it would make the OP's website invaluable for over the phone debugging - the (unfortunate) situation in which it is most likely to be used. Numeral lists are anathema to phonecalls.

Great suggestion.

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

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Post by davewasthere »

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 at least works. aboutmybrowser.com failed with two of my devices with a generic message. Your site works perfectly.

Well done!

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

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Post by MartinCron »

heyitsnick wrote: post #62
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

It's this kind of negativity I wish I never read on Show HN threads. Woeful? Seriously? Deplorably bad or wretched [1]? It's an MVP of an interesting concept and this is how you respond? 1. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/woefully

I can't even begin to count the times where I was unable to resolve a support problem because I didn't know the client browser's... font support?

Yeah, woeful indeed.

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

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Post by derleth »

500 Errors:

Lynx on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/1909674851

w3m on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/1942341369

links on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/3183933151

elinks on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/3918182904

Also, it works just fine on Firefox with NoScript blocking JavaScript from your site.

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

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Post by antihero »

ashastry wrote: post #111
antihero wrote: post #110

Please could you make it so it uses normal scrollbars? Fucking with the scrollbars often breaks stuff.

We are using normal scrollbars. Can you post a screenshot?

Ah, apologies! I posted that on the wrong topic, I meant to post it about that ivory thing.

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

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Post by breadbox »

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)

Lynx 2.8.6rel.4: https://aboutmybrowser.com/1283428590

Lynx 2.8.8dev.2: https://aboutmybrowser.com/4027520259

Links 2.1pre32: https://aboutmybrowser.com/3138479085

ELinks 0.11.1: https://aboutmybrowser.com/3604611808

(Text-based browsers deserve love, too.)

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

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Post by paulovsk »

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…

Great work. It works well, it identified everything correctly, including the Windows Version (8).

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

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Post by lemieux »

derleth wrote: post #124

500 Errors: Lynx on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/1909674851 w3m on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/1942341369 links on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/3183933151 elinks on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/3918182904 Also, it works just fine on Firefox with NoScript blocking JavaScript from your site.

Didn't work on Android with native browser for me.

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

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Post by sylvinus »

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…

Beware that "walrus" may not be that easy to pronounce by a foreigner :)
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