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Re: User-Agent Formatting (Wishlist)
Re: User-Agent Formatting // WishlisteepAug 18, 2002, 7:26am
This isn't a beta bug but a wishlist request; hence, it should've been posted in "wishlist", not "beta".
[View Quote] > AW isn't exactly using compliant user-agent strings in its response to web > servers for object path data > (http://www.mozilla.org/build/revised-user-agent-strings.html). The browser > currently responds as "Active Worlds Browser". This breaks the goal of > "Don't break existing log-file analysis software or user-agent parsing > code." In order for my log-file analysis scripting to work properly, I had > to rewrite it to effectively report the browser. A more thoughtful and > compliant user-agent string for Active Worlds might be something like this: > > ActiveWorlds/3.429 (Windows; N; Windows NT 5.0; en) |