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We have taken the opportunity to remove the Gecko date entirely (i.e. reduce to "Gecko/0" - as having <u>something</u> after the / is required by the HTTP spec). We have [http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/final-user-agent-string-for-firefox-4/ warned people we are going to do this], and starting on mobile means less up-front extra breakage (given that we are making other changes at the same time). Doing this in two batches might mean we'd have to re-evangelise sites. Changing this on desktop can happen on an independent schedule (after, or even before). | We have taken the opportunity to remove the Gecko date entirely (i.e. reduce to "Gecko/0" - as having <u>something</u> after the / is required by the HTTP spec). We have [http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/final-user-agent-string-for-firefox-4/ warned people we are going to do this], and starting on mobile means less up-front extra breakage (given that we are making other changes at the same time). Doing this in two batches might mean we'd have to re-evangelise sites. Changing this on desktop can happen on an independent schedule (after, or even before). | ||
(If "Gecko/version" doesn't gain traction, what about "Gecko" with a version component? It is valid to have product tokens without a version. WebKit doesn't have a slash in its "like Gecko" string, and now seems like a good opportunity to get rid of nonsense strings, not add new ones like "Gecko/0"). | |||
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