Ubuntu support

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dbarth
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Ubuntu support

Postby dbarth » Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:25 am

Hi,

Ubuntu now has a dedicated Web browser which runs on the variety of form-factors we support.

Here is the UA-string we send when running on a phone form factor:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Ubuntu 14.04 like Android) AppleWebKit/537.36 Chromium/35.0.1870.2 MobileSafari/537.36

And on Desktop:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Ubuntu 14.04) AppleWebKit/537.36 Chromium/35.0.1870.2 Safari/537.36

Please note that the Ubuntu version number (14.04) is a variable, as well as the WebKit and Chromium build number obviously.

This information is not device specific, but applies to Ubuntu devices in general.

Thanks

David

sriram
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Re: Ubuntu support

Postby sriram » Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:05 am

Hi David,

Thank you for your post. We will take this information into consideration when we update the matching heuristics in the WURFL API. I have a few questions for you:

1. You posted the user-agents for the phone and desktop form factors, but would be possible to post the user-agent for a tablet form factor? I noticed in a previous iteration (before Ubuntu Touch OS shipped with a Chromium based browser) that Mobile and Tablet user agents were clearly delineated Eg. Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; Mobile) WebKit/537.21 or Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; Tablet) WebKit/537.21. Can we expect that behaviour with the new chromium based user-agent structure?

2. Has Ubuntu Touch OS been formally renamed to Ubuntu?

3. Would it be possible to include additional information about the device's underlying hardware like a model number or a marketing name? If so, could you please provide us with a sample user-agent? We strongly recommend that user-agents include information about the underlying hardware, since this is what the mobile ecosystem and its users require.

Thank you,
Sriram Sridharan


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