PM 31.0.0 Useragent problems Topic is solved

[pm4eva]

My settings are all default just what i changed is

general.useragent.override; Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0
general.useragent.site_specific_overrides; false

within PM 28 it works but within PM 31 not and it does not override the useragent string

the only thing what works with PM 31 is to change
general.useragent.compatMode.version
to 91.0 for example

but i want change the whole string and the reason is that for some sites i want do that
with an addon with a switch button to fake the OS and the browser

general.useragent.override does not work anymore
please change that back cos it can be important for testing sites with a different string

[RealityRipple]

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.

[vannilla]

If you need it only for specific websites, use sasuga or PermissionPlus, both available from the addons site.

[pm4eva]

network.http.useragent.global_override
seems to work but the addons what using the old overrider dont work anymore

If there is no important reason for changing the variable i think it would better to change it back.
All older Addons are using general.useragent.override

[Moonchild]

No, it will not be changed back.
See implementation notes from 28.17 (almost 1.5 years ago!) as to the reasoning behind this change, also explained multiple times on this forum.

[moonbat]

to fake the OS and the browser

Bad idea, it breaks sites that wrongly rely only on the user-agent for feature detection and does nothing in terms of privacy because there are dozens of other ways to uniquely identify you. This is why site specific overrides exist - to fix sites that break due to UA sniffing, as already explained above.

[pm4eva]

No, it will not be changed back.

OK

[pm4eva]

Bad idea......

I know why specific site override exist and its a really good thing.
If i remember right even the Addons from PM Addon site did not work as i tried them, or arent comfortable.
And i am not sure how a user can add a website to specific-override, or manage that within an addon or menue.

[Moonchild]

And i am not sure how a user can add a website to specific-override, or manage that within an addon or menue.

Use any of the available extensions like Sasuga,
or go into about:config and make a general.useragent.override.yourdomain.com preference and put in whatever US string you want or need for yourdomain.com

Or use forum search to get more posts to explain the same (in more detail)