User Agent in 31.1

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User Agent in 31.1

Unread post by kla87 » 2022-06-24, 16:40

Greetings,

How can the user agent be modified in 31.1? I see the site-specific entries, however, how about defining a new user agent that is non site-specific?

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Re: User Agent in 31.1

Unread post by jobbautista9 » 2022-06-24, 17:32

https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-archived.shtml#v28.17.0
The global user-agent override was moved to the networking component where it is actually implemented. The new preference name is network.http.useragent.global_override. Please note that using a blanket override is normally (very) counterproductive and does not, in fact, help much with privacy. It would also override the compatibility modes (Native/Gecko/Firefox) in Pale Moon. As such, the browser will now warn you if the user-agent is globally overridden (in preferences) and allow you to easily reset that override and re-enable the various compatibility modes.
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Re: User Agent in 31.1

Unread post by Goodydino » 2022-06-24, 21:29

jobbautista9 wrote:
2022-06-24, 17:32
https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-archived.shtml#v28.17.0
The global user-agent override was moved to the networking component where it is actually implemented. The new preference name is network.http.useragent.global_override.
Thanks for the tip. I managed to fix User Agent Switcher to work again.

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