Google breaks search for Firefox users because of bad UA string sniffing

Re:Google breaks search for Firefox users because of bad UA ... by stonogo on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @03:49PM (#38931906)

You have no evidence to support this assertion. I know this because there is no objective "browser quality" standard. It is as least as likely that Google aggressively advertising it on every single page load of every single web presence gained traction for chrome.

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Re:Google breaks search for Firefox users because of bad UA ... by forward1 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @11:01AM (#38940022)

Actually, I do: the fact most people use Chrome and not Firefox.

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Re:Google breaks search for Firefox users because of bad UA ... by stonogo on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:15PM (#38957299)

That's a popularity metric, not a quality metric. Conflating the two is disingenuous at best.

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Re:Google breaks search for Firefox users because of bad UA ... by forward1 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @04:27PM (#38959340)

Turns out quality software is also popular. Imagine that!

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Re:Google breaks search for Firefox users because of bad UA ... by stonogo on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:27PM (#38962855)

Plenty of quality software is unpopular, and plenty of popular software is shit. I'm confident you know this. What is driving this series of pointless nonsense posts?

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Re:Google breaks search for Firefox users because of bad UA ... by forward1 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @11:40AM (#38981607)

I do. I also happen to know people use Chrome because it's quality.

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