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Re:Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you usi... by jasonkester on Monday September 10, 2012 @09:12AM (#4499554)
Cool. How about adding a way to automatically fire off a web hook after sniffing the information. As in:

"Thanks for reporting the issue. Would you mind following this link so that we can get some information about your web browser? https://aboutmybrowser.com/?to=mysite.com/browserhook

Or better, let me sign up for an account and register a named webhook with you, as in, https://aboutmybrowser.com/mysite, that would automatically forward information from anybody hitting it to the webhook url I'd configured at mysite.com.

That would rock.

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Re:Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you usi... by prateekdayal on Monday September 10, 2012 @09:16AM (#4499571)
Yep! That's the next step. We wanted to get the MVP out and get feedback from the community. Please follow us on Twitter to stay updated (again, no bullshit and just product announcements) - https://twitter.com/aboutmybrowser
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Re:Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you usi... by telecuda on Monday September 10, 2012 @09:59AM (#4499761)
Yes, this. Even simpler (think phone support) would be to setup http://mysite.com/browser which points to https://aboutmybrowser.com/?to=mysite.com/browserhook and forwards the info to a support agent.

The same idea works well for us with http://mysite.com/team pointing to a TeamViewer session.

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