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Re:Testers Say IE11 Includes 'Like Gecko' in User Agent String by zalew on Monday March 25, 2013 @11:49AM (#5437640)
I meant 'who does check that user agent', edited to clarify.
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Re:Testers Say IE11 Includes 'Like Gecko' in User Agent String by daleharvey on Monday March 25, 2013 @11:54AM (#5437669)
A lot of people, on Firefox OS we have a blacklist of sites we have to send Android like user agents to so we are served mobile friendly content: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/blob/master/build/ua-ove...

Its a sad situation.

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Re:Testers Say IE11 Includes 'Like Gecko' in User Agent String by jgraham on Monday March 25, 2013 @12:04PM (#5437735)
See also: https://github.com/operasoftware/browserjs/blob/master/deskt...
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Re:Testers Say IE11 Includes 'Like Gecko' in User Agent String by TazeTSchnitzel on Monday March 25, 2013 @12:53PM (#5438032)
YouTube is a particularly bad offender. Linked to their mobile site on a desktop? You get the ultra-basic WAP-like version, instead of the smartphone version or a redirect to the desktop version. Linked to their mobile site in Opera Mini? Yep, WAP-like version, despite the fact that Opera Mini would have no problems with the smartphone version.
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