Web compatibility suggestion

[Kolusion]

I suggest Pale Moon use native web compatibility as its default web compatibility setting. Having Firefox as the default setting belittles Pale Moon. Plus, it goes again Pale Moon's aim which includes "common-sense web standards and specifications in its implementation (with minimal compromise)". This feature by definition supports the idea that web developers should aim for user agents and not web standards, which goes against Pale Moon's aim.

[therube]

If websites used "common-sense web standards and specifications...'.
Alas, they don't.
So there has to be some sort of compromise. And if that means having "firefox" in ones UA for a better overall UX...

[Trippynet]

I suggest Pale Moon use native web compatibility as its default web compatibility setting. Having Firefox as the default setting belittles Pale Moon. Plus, it goes again Pale Moon's aim which includes "common-sense web standards and specifications in its implementation (with minimal compromise)". This feature by definition supports the idea that web developers should aim for user agents and not web standards, which goes against Pale Moon's aim.

The problem is that this was tried some time back if I recall and the result was a *lot* of broken websites complaining that "your browser isn't supported", so the default was changed back again. It was just too disruptive. It's a noble aim for website developers to target features/standards instead of user agents, but in reality many still sniff the UA and throw a hissy fit, and you can't force them to change their ways.

[BenFenner]

You make this suggestion (and keep linking to this thread elsehwere) like we don't all want the same thing, and have been wanting it for a long time. Of course, in a vacuum, we all want the user agent set to a Pale Moon original. However it has been attempted multiple times in the past, and as recent as a year or two ago. It still causes a few too many problems to be worth it.

Get a job at a web development shop and write some browsers agnostic sites to stem the tide. That's what I'm doing anyway...

Or better yet, make the UA switch to your own browsers(s) and start hammering the support channels of any sites you find that are prejudice against a pure Pale Moon user agent.