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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158568         
           Summary: http user agent not sent when switching TO "webkit" view
                    mode
           Product: konqueror
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konq-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: SneakyWho_am_i yahoo co uk


Version:           4.0.1 (KDE 4.0.1) (using 4.0.1 (KDE 4.0.1), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-10-generic

With Konqueror 4.0.1 in the default settings under (edu|k|x|)Ubuntu Hardy with kde4.
This is a problem with http itself that could interfere with very naughty websites who think it's ok to do user agent sniffing.

create a php page containing only EITHER

phpinfo();

OR

print_r($GLOBALS);//yes, this will work fine without register globals

Upload the file to a webserver somewhere and visit it in Konqueror. So far so good. Note the user agent. Looks good.
I'm  assuming we're looking using Webkit at this point. Switch to KHTML "View Mode" - still looks good. Again, note the user agent.

Fun: Switch the "View Mode" (Under the View Menu) back to "WebKit"... What's your user agent now? According to php, nothing.

url for test case:
http://smfzone.sneakywhoami.com/konqueror.php

source code for test case:
<?php
if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
echo 'Your browser is too good to see this page';
else
echo 'Hi, welcome to this great page';
?>

Steps to reproduce @ test case:
1: navigate to offending (bad) page
2: switch rendering engine

Why this is bad for a user:
You'd probably only want to switch rendering engines to avoid a badly drawn page, and many times the page appears incorrectly because of browser detection. The missing User Agent string may make it appear even worse, which most likely is not a good thing.
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