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general.useragent.override not working
My user agent preference is not working. It was fine for years but after switching back to the latest PM it wont do what I set it to
general.useragent.override;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:77.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/77.0
general.useragent.override;Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:77.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/77.0
Re: general.useragent.override not working
and because of that, mail.com is refusing to load properly.
even with site specific agent
even with site specific agent
Re: general.useragent.override not working
That setting was replaced by a new config setting:
network.http.useragent.global_override
You have to add it.
network.http.useragent.global_override
You have to add it.
Win10home(1709), PM33.0.0-portable as of Feb 1, '24
Re: general.useragent.override not working
ok thank you
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the agent now works but I guess mail.com is playing games
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Re: general.useragent.override not working
Is there any reason why you have to use a global override instead of a site-specific one? Like general.useragent.override.mail.com?
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He'll soon be back when other sites stop working.jobbautista9 wrote: ↑2022-09-14, 00:06Is there any reason why you have to use a global override instead of a site-specific one? Like general.useragent.override.mail.com?
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Re: general.useragent.override not working
Yes. Its because every update changes the agent and then sites freak out. I just leave it set to that and it works fine.jobbautista9 wrote: ↑2022-09-14, 00:06Is there any reason why you have to use a global override instead of a site-specific one? Like general.useragent.override.mail.com?
I was using newmoon a few years but am now using PM again and obviously had some catching up to do.
Mail . com was working fine and says it wants FF 33 or higher, which it is. Its throw away so not a big deal
thanks
Re: general.useragent.override not working
Which is why site specific UA overrides exist along with extensions to make it easier to set them. Changing it globally will break sites that wouldn't complain otherwise.
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Re: general.useragent.override not working
Welcome back Cartel. It's been a while since we've seen you around!
As said if sites "freak out" (whatever that means) then make a site-specific override for them. That way you "lock in" one specific user agent string for problematic sites and browser updates won't cause issues (only website updates would).
We haven't materially changed the user agent for years! I'm not sure what you are even talking about.
As said if sites "freak out" (whatever that means) then make a site-specific override for them. That way you "lock in" one specific user agent string for problematic sites and browser updates won't cause issues (only website updates would).
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