@TechieNotNetie@social.vivaldi.net
Post #2824750
2026-04-14 14:06 UTC
@missingno@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net The history of this sequence of lies about which browser is being used is covered in an article linked from the "Client Lies" article linked from my forum post. As a shortcut it is https://humanwhocodes.com/blog/2010/01/12/history-of-the-user-agent-string/
TL;DR: MSIE started it
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@missingno@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-14 14:16
@TechieNotNetie@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net "One of the most controversial web browsers, as far as user-agent strings are concerned, is Opera. The default user-agent string for Opera is the most logical of all modern browsers, correctly identifying itself and its version." This is the way!