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Why do some IE10 browsers get stuck in IE7 mode?
We were doing some investigation into user sessions on our consumer facing sites and came across something that really disturbed me.
On an average day, we have ~140k visitors to our sites who bother ...
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To change user agent back to Chrome
i was trying to change the user agent in chrome to Ipad and android settings using user-Agent switcher in chrome.
Now i selected back Chrome Default but still my screen size looks like ipad. how do i ...
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Set a User-Agent for SSH
How can I set a user agent for the ssh program? Network requests made without a user agent are blocked on my network and I'm wondering if ssh is throwing a "Connection reset by peer" error because of ...
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Can anyone mimic, spoof or fake Internet Explorer for this website? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
website just allow Internet Explorer
Sorry guys, I don't want to ask a question twice(website-just-allow-internet-explorer), but I did my best without any success;
The ...
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How to change the user agent stylesheet on a chromebook
In the desktop version of chrome, the user agent stylesheet is called Custom.css.
I can add css to this file and this will be used to display every page I view.
However, I cannot find the option to ...
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How to check for software “improvement” reporting agents?
It's an old problem. My computer is slowing down. One thing I'm wondering is how many programs are automatically reporting use statistics back to the manufacturer. I always say no when asked, but ...
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UserAgent Switcher [closed]
I would like to hide my browser, screen resolution, cookies and operating System.
is it possible?
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Why does Midori on Fedora Linux pretend to be Safari on Mac OS X?
If you are using Google Chrome on Linux then the User-Agent request header will look like this:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/21.0.1180.89 Safari/537.1
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Change the Useragent of the OS on Firefox
I would like to know how to temporary change the user agent string of Firefox so that it appears I'm using a different OS than I really am. There's an addon that changes the browser u/a but I can't ...
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Turn User Agent into Device Information
I have a list of user agents which visited my website. And I would like to turn them into user statics such as which browser and os are reaching the most to my website.
For Example: I have one user ...
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Is there a way to use the Firefox 'User Agent Switcher' addon in separate tabs, or only for certain websites?
I love using the 'User Agent Switcher' Firefox addon on most sites on my desktop PC, in order to trick websites into using the mobile versions by masquerading as an iPhone/Android user agent. I like ...
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Can I switch the User-Agent header for only a single web site?
I have to use a particular web site for work, but this web site checks to see whether I'm using Internet Explorer and, if not, won't allow me to log in. I can switch my User-Agent header using the ...
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How can I bypass Internet restrictions?
I can only use browsers with specific user agents and Yahoo Messenger. I used Fiddler to change some things, but I only got browsers working by changing the user agent, everything else is blocked.
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PHP/Javascript: Apart from the UserAgent, what system info is readily available to webmasters and how is it accessed? [closed]
I know it's possible to get things like the operating system a user is on, and the system language they use.... You can also get their time zone, right? Is it possible to get some other system info? ...
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Can I make Firefox use the user agent stored in the Registry?
Is there a way to make Firefox get the user agent that is used in the Registry under "internet options"?
An option in about:config or so?
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User Agent switcher for Chrome
I am looking for a user agent switcher. I have tried User-Agent Switcher for Chrome with limited success. I really want more user agents, and the ability to add new agents with different operating ...
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Spoof email platform/user agent in Thunderbird for privacy?
In Firefox 6, I use the Proxy Tool add on to spoof my user agent and platform strings as part of my effort to improve privacy.
Is there an equivalent for emails sent from Thunderbird 6? If so, how do ...
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Switching User-Agent in Opera
How can the user agent be changed in Opera?
The per-site preferences (tab Network, field Browser identification) lists
Identify as Opera
Identify as Firefox
Identify as Internet Explorer
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Spoof user agent for GoGo Inflight Internet?
Is it possible to trick the GoGo Inflight WiFi on airlines into thinking that you have a mobile device instead of a laptop?
It seems like most airlines that offer in flight wireless these days use ...
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Is there a Firefox extension that prevents websites from detecting what operating system you're using?
Is there a Firefox extension that prevents websites from detecting what operating system you're using?
Also, if there isn't a plugin, is it possible to write one?
I know I can disable websites from ...
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Switching User-Agent in Firefox 4
How can I fake/switch the User-Agent in Firefox 4? The User Agent Switcher Add-On doesnt seem to work with Firefox 4. I have firebug, but I'm unaware of any feature for switching user-agent in it
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Spoofing Firefox 4 user agent without add-ons
Is there a way to spoof UA without installation of an add-on? They have broken "general.useragent.extra.firefox" in version 4.
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Why do useragents specify 64-bit?
Why does the useragent include this information? I can't see why a website would need to know.
For example:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/11.04 ...
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Get Chrome to not identify itself?
Is there any way that I can get chrome to identify itself as a different (or unspecified) browswer?
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How can I bypass a proxy server that only allows only IE?
A friend told me he suddenly cannot use Firefox any more, no matter what site he hits, because he gets a message saying only IE is allowed. I'm thinking this has got to be a proxy server issue.
I'm ...
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CPDTDF in browser's User Agent
I'm seeing this CPDTDF fragment fairly frequently in my logs, and I haven't found any information about it.
Does anybody know what it means?
Some real examples:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE ...
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How to reset useragent in Chrome?
I have to use a website that accepts only IE, but I don't want to use it, so I use Chrome and change user agent, so that website won't notice.
But I'm having problems with using other websites that ...
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How can I make a Prism webapp look like Firefox to a website? (user agent spoofing)
I thought it would be cool to use Mozilla's Prism to create a webapp for min.us, but drag and drop is disallowed because the site doesn't see the program as Firefox, Chrome or Safari, those of which ...
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Quickly swap user agents in Chrome?
Does anyone know of a plugin or extension for Google Chrome that would allow me to quickly choose what user agent I want to appear as.
Say if I visit a site that says "Please use IE to view this ...
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What's the most common Firefox user-agent? [closed]
Firefox embeds too much information in the browser's User-Agent header field
(even the build date, which I find unnecessary).
Examples:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) ...
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What is Apache Synapse?
My website keeps getting hit by odd requests with the following user-agent string:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Synapse)
Using our friendly tool Google I was able to determine this is the hallmark ...
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Safari Displays iPhone version of Google
If you look at the image below, you'll see that I'm getting the iPhone version of Google on my Mac. If I refresh, it stays the same, but curiously enough, if I visit https://www.google.com (note SSL), ...
