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Re:YouTube change served lower-quality video to Firefox 43 f... by thedufer on Sunday January 10, 2016 @09:08PM (#10878351)
> using the user agent string instead of feature detection has always been terrible engineering

Is there a better solution for server-side feature detection?

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Re:YouTube change served lower-quality video to Firefox 43 f... by davb on Monday January 11, 2016 @02:44AM (#10879429)
Something like the Accept header, listing capabilities. Or something like how Android handles capabilities in manifests.
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