ScientiaMobile

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

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,