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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC:UserAgent string in kio_http
From:       Navindra Umanee <navindra () cs ! mcgill ! ca>
Date:       2000-07-14 15:06:06
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David Faure <david@mandrakesoft.com> wrote:
> ... which is why kfm and now konqueror have that kcontrol module for defining 
> which useragent string to send for which sites. What's missing is
> * to use the result of that module when setting the user agent
> * maybe to provide the well-known useragent strings to make using this module 
> easier.

This is very neat, but there's something to be said for a good default
that needs minimal changing to get the best behaviour!  The
"Mozilla/4.0 (;;;;;)" string seems like a good candidate.  You can
still mention Konqueror, kio_http and KDE 2.0 while getting all the
benefits...

But you're right, some sites already work differently depending on
whether one is running Netscape or IE, so the above features are still
invaluable.

Cheers,
Navin.

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