[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 12854] Allow FrameLoaderClient to override navigator.appVersion

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12854





------- Comment #3 from darin at apple.com  2007-02-22 08:18 PDT -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> If reason (1) is truly compelling, then I suggest having the user agent string
> change, and not just the appVersion. Early versions of WebKit did indeed use a
> different user agent on different websites, but after much reflection we
> decided this was not a scalable approach to site compatibility.
> 
> As far as reason (2), if a browser wants to spoof and report different things
> to different websites, I recommend changing the user agent string rather than
> just changing appVersion.

Oops, I got this wrong. Those are both arguments about "different appVersion
for certain web sites".

What I meant to say about the Firefox-style appVersion is that for most of
these compatibility-affecting features we want a standard approach in WebKit,
and not a diversity of approaches in the various WebKit-using browsers.

That's because as much as possible we want to all be in "the same boat" for
compatibility. If there is indeed a compelling reason to match Firefox instead
of IE in this property, I'd like to see it applied to all versions of WebKit,
not to one particular WebKit-based browser.


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