Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

[Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 01/28/07 16:26, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:
>>> There is actually an operational difference.  In the about:config page
>>> the setting general.useragent.extra.firefox is set to
>>> "Iceweasel/2.0.0.1".  Looks harmless, but it stopped me from logging
>>> on to a website.  It would only let me in when I set it to
>>> "Firefox/2.0.0".

> No, that's a problem with the web site.  Go to Mozilla.org, and
> you'll see that the current version in 2.0.0.1.

    I think his point wasn't so much the version number as the name in front
of it.  Websites don't know what Iceweasel is, they do know what Firefox is.

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