* Mike Hommey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 11:04:12PM -0400, Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I'm not seeing what us being different is buying us though. Sure, the > > mozilla format is stupid, but there doesn't seem to be any advantage > > to the way you've done it. It's ok for us to be different, but there > > should be a good reason to be. > > Here is the rationale behind the change in xulrunner: > > * It shortens the already long user agent string so that additions such > as product name are not painful,
I haven't heard people clamoring for shorter User Agent string. > * removes pointless information (the date in the original string > indicates the date of the build, not that of the API), Well the way to attack that would be to make it more useful and use a fixed date rather than the build date. > * keeps the "Gecko" string (which some site might want, seing how Apple > and Konqueror did put a "like Gecko" string), > * and finally avoid confusion with other Debian release informations > that may be present in the product specific part (Galeon, Epiphany, etc.) What is the confusion exactly? > I changed in firefox as well because in the end, it will be built against > xulrunner and will get this change anyway. > > The only problem with it is that it gives the firefox version, not the gecko > one... I'm not seeing the benefit. The mozilla guys have a standard, and although it may be a crappy standard, I'm not seeing a strong reason to be different. -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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