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

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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.)

Hi. We have fixed these errors now. Please check it out...

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

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works nicely for me in firefox/opera, but doesn't do too well in anything else... although I'd doubt you'd need to worry about them too much, still, it's always nice to see apps like this fail gracefully, if you had a 'this particular browser isn't supported' type message rather than 'something went wrong' http://imgur.com/a/chkc2 broken useragents.. konqueror: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/4.6; Linux) KHTML/4.6…

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

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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 design is definitely way better in my opinion; much easier to focus in on any specific information immediately (and with no scrolling required). The only significant usability change I'd make to both sites would be have the one who wants to know the details send a link to a setter URL of a known key (e.g. '/set/foo') which would both display the information to the user and send the information to the server so t…

Thanks and good idea about the setter link. We offer something similar in that every recipient has a unique link: http://subdomain.browser-details.com/?r=2

Using this link makes "Send details" pop up immediately on opening. All the receiver has to do is click "Send".

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

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

same as above. UA string : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.7) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.7 Iceweasel/10.0.7

works now, cool :)

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

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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!

Can you please try out aboutmybrowser.com now? There was an issue that we fixed a while back. Thanks!

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

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> No need to copy all the text or enter your email to share the info. // So a support provider has to send the user to your site. The user then has to copy the URL, paste it in to a message, lookup the person making the request for the details and forward them. The requester has to then go to your site and enter the URL in order to retrieve the details. Compared with the support supplier sending an email with a link…

Most of my tech support requests come in via email anyway. I send them to supportdetails.com, and they're very happy to send me an email. We have a tech-savvy userbase, so usually they say they liked it so much they'll use it themselves.

Thanks for the feedback. We have added a share widget which also has share by email as an option. Please check it out

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

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Your design is definitely superior from a usability standpoint. Mad props to the OP for a nice site (though the reports of inaccurate reporting is alarming) but tomorrow I will be going your link to my phone girl. An example is the OP's large logo icon in the center of the page (serves little to no purpose) and the requirement to scroll the page to find extra info. Good on you man! Edit: suggestion - allow the subdom…

Thanks for the kind words and sorry to the OP for hijacking this thread. I was really just floored by the coincidence... Great suggestion, by the way! I added this feature so now adding "www." will go to the subdomain as well.

> Thanks for the kind words and sorry to the OP for hijacking this thread. I was really just floored by the coincidence...

No worries. No contest here :) Love seeing how others approach the same problem

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