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Re:Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you usi... by rplnt on Monday September 10, 2012 @08:58AM (#4499495)
If you access a direct link (to someone's browser info) the page should make it clear that it's not your browser you are visiting. Now it says "share your browser info" even if you opened some other url.
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Re:Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you usi... by ashastry on Monday September 10, 2012 @09:01AM (#4499511)
Thanks for the feedback. We will fix this..
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Re:Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you usi... by bmj1 on Monday September 10, 2012 @09:00AM (#4499507)
Nice idea - this could be achieved by dropping a cookie.
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Re:Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you usi... by ashitvora on Monday September 10, 2012 @09:04AM (#4499527)
I guess what he is trying to do is, ask user's OS, Browser, whether Flash or any other plugin is installed or not when you are talking to customer for support. Not to gather stats.
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