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List:       konq-bugs
Subject:    [Bug 158568] New: http user agent not sent when switching TO "webkit"
From:       Chris <SneakyWho_am_i () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-02-29 11:14:57
Message-ID: 20080229121456.158568.SneakyWho_am_i () yahoo ! co ! uk
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           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 \
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