Microsoft told how in Internet Explorer 9 the string User-Agent will look
Microsoft Corporation in its future browser (Internet Explorer 9) arranges so that the abbreviated User-Agent string will be sent to the servers , which looks like this:
This was announced today in their blog IEBlog.
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It is interesting to note that in Internet Explorer there is a special mechanism (documented in MSDN , for example) by which add-ons and programs installed in the system can put their own identifiers in this line.
However, such an extended line, judging by the blog recording, will now be accessible from IE9 only to Java scripts (via the navigator.userAgent property), and not to remote web servers.
A very controversial decision, let it be declared aimed at simplifying browser sniffing ( browser sniffing ).
This was announced today in their blog IEBlog.
')
It is interesting to note that in Internet Explorer there is a special mechanism (documented in MSDN , for example) by which add-ons and programs installed in the system can put their own identifiers in this line.
However, such an extended line, judging by the blog recording, will now be accessible from IE9 only to Java scripts (via the navigator.userAgent property), and not to remote web servers.
A very controversial decision, let it be declared aimed at simplifying browser sniffing ( browser sniffing ).
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/88803/
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