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Revision as of 19:32, 17 September 2013
, 17 September 2013→Firefox OS UA Device/Model Inclusion Requirements
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Adding a device identifier to the Firefox OS User Agent (UA) string is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED by Mozilla. As studies have shown, changes to the UA string have a negative impact on web compatibility - some major websites will stop working if you do this! If | Adding a device identifier to the Firefox OS User Agent (UA) string is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED by Mozilla. As studies have shown, changes to the UA string have a negative impact on web compatibility - some major websites will stop working if you do this! Further reasons are documented in the [[B2G/User_Agent/Partner_Changes_Policy|Firefox OS User Agent Partner Changes Policy]]. | ||
If a device/model ID is nevertheless to be added in contravention of our advice, then the UA with a device/model ID should be of the form: | |||
Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; XXXX; rv:18.0) Gecko/18.0 Firefox/18.0 | Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; XXXX; rv:18.0) Gecko/18.0 Firefox/18.0 | ||