On 4/27/2011 4:57 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 04/27/2011 04:36 PM, Jay O'Brien wrote: >> On 4/27/2011 3:27 PM, NoOp wrote: > ... >>> http://seamonkey.ilias.ca/browserfaq/UAspoofing >>> http://www.rossde.com/internet/sniffing.html >>> >>> I prefer PrefBar: >>> http://prefbar.tuxfamily.org/ >>> http://prefbar.tuxfamily.org/help/use.html >>> http://prefbar.tuxfamily.org/help/use.html#editbuttons >>> http://prefbar.tuxfamily.org/help/buttons.html#useragent >>> >>> You can easily modify the useragent to: >>> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0pre) Gecko/20110406 NOT >>> Firefox/4.0pre SeaMonkey/2.1b3pre >>> or >>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1 >>> >>> I just tested and both work using: >>> http://us.mg.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch >>> >>> PrefBar|Customize|right-click on UserAgent and select 'Edit' scroll down >>> to the Firefox (or any other you wish to modify instead) and copy & past >>> the UI above (all one line) into the 'Value' section. Modify the label >>> so that you recognize what you've done. Click OK & Close. On PrefBar >>> select 'User Agent|<your modifed UA>' and ensure that it has been >>> modified by 'Help|About SeaMonkey' and you should see the modified UI >>> following 'Build identifier' >>> >>> Keep in mind that PrefBar will revert back to your original UA on >>> SeaMonkey shutdown/start, so you'll need to tick the UA that you want >>> when start your session or go to that website. >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> NoOp, That is extremely useful, thank you. I will review the links you >> sent in more detail. >> >> Is there an easy way to determine what user agent I am sending? I suspect >> my XP computers and my Win7 64bit computers send different user agent >> strings. >> >> Jay > > I see that you are currently using: > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; > rv:1.9.1.18) Gecko/20110320 SeaMonkey/2.0.13 > > But to answer your question; yes... "'Help|About SeaMonkey' and you > should see the modified UI following 'Build identifier'" > > Note that in my last I was actually using > Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1 > from PrefBar (Ctrl-U on that msg will show you the headers). But I > posted from a linux machine using SeaMonkey 2.1b3: > Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0pre) > Gecko/20110406 Firefox/4.0pre SeaMonkey/2.1b3pre > > Now if I change using the PrefBar UA and check 'Help|About SeaMonkey': > Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) > Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 > and change again: > Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0pre) > Gecko/20110406 NOT Firefox/4.0pre SeaMonkey/2.1b3pre > and again: > Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.9.0.9) > Gecko/2009041723 Firefox/3.0.9 > and now I'm back to my real UA: > Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0pre) > Gecko/20110406 Firefox/4.0pre SeaMonkey/2.1b3pre > > Typical UA strings: > https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference > http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/final-user-agent-string-for-firefox-4/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent > > The issue that you will have with spoofing (also see David E. Ross's > page) is that some sites actually will activate javascript, active-x > controls, or of late HTML5 code. In those cases where your browser > doesn't support the code, then you may get in, but those "features" will > fail. So simply because you've spoofed the site into accepting your > spoofed browswer UA, don't expect that all things with work magically > (or at all). > > More info here: > <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Browser_Detection_and_Cross_Browser_Support> > <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_Compatibility_Handbook> > <https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using_Web_Standards_in_your_Web_Pages> > _______________________________________________ > support-seamonkey mailing list > support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey >
Ok, I can see all of that with a ctrl-U on an email message. Very useful, thank you. But what about what my browser sends to web sites? Is it the same as my email, or is there a way to see what is sent by my browser? Jay _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
