[Bug 397211] Re: Shiretoko user agent string breaks compatibilty with major websites

[Micah Gersten]

@Everyone
This problem is bigger than just Ubuntu labeling Firefox 3.5 as Shiretoko.   Anyone can take the source of Firefox and brand their own browser and that shouldn't make a difference on the web landscape.  Debian does it, they have Iceweasel.  Websites do not need to update their code every time a new user agent string is created.  Rather, they need to use a better detection system to choose which browser is actually being used and support it. 

The problem is the attitude of the larger sites on the web that Windows
and/or IE are all that exist, maybe if you're lucky OS X.

Attached is the letter from Vanguard in response to my request to update
their code to recognize browsers by capability and not User Agent.

This is not the place to discuss this at length.  I will post tomorrow a
location that we can discuss this further.

** Attachment added: "vanguard.txt"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29255881/vanguard.txt

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