Closed Bug 537054 Opened 15 years ago Closed 11 years ago

gears.google.com - Google Gears website sniffs for 'Firefox' and not for 'Gecko' in user agent string

Categories

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Product:
Tech Evangelism Graveyard
Component:
English US
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: geeknik, Unassigned)

References

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Details

http://gears.google.com/?action=install If I change Minefield/3.7a1pre to Firefox/3.7a1pre, the site works. Otherwise I get a message like this: Your browser is not currently supported. Please check the list of supported browsers below. Gears enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser. Learn More... System requirements * Windows XP/Vista * Firefox 1.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+
Blocks: geckoisgecko
OS: Windows 7 → All
Hardware: x86_64 → All
the cause is the check in http://gears.google.com/js_utils.js in "function detectBrowser": } else if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1) { browser = "Firefox";
URL: http://gears.google.com/?action=install
Summary: Google Gears website does not support Minefield → gears.google.com - Google Gears website sniffs for 'Firefox' and not for 'Gecko' in user agent string
Site no longer exists
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Product: Tech Evangelism → Tech Evangelism Graveyard
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