1278045 - www.repubblica.it suggests using Chrome to watch videos

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect, P1)

Description

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

This is #10 in the Alexa list for Italy (#2 if you only consider Italian websites): http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/IT.

Could we find out why they're suggesting Chrome?

Comment 1

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

I'm on Linux and I don't have the Flash player installed. When I open the URL in Firefox, I can see the video (it's a video element with an mp4 file). When I open the URL in Chromium, I can't see the video (it's trying to use Flash).

Comment 2

[Hallvord R. M. Steen [:hallvors]]

In https://www.repstatic.it/minify/sites/video/config_video_player_v2.cache.php?name=videoplayer_js&rnd=64 we find this sort of code:


PlayerConfig.prototype.detectCurrentSetup=function(){this.currentSpecificPlatform=this.jsClientDetection.os.toLowerCase()+this.jsClientDetection.osVersion.toLowerCase();try{if(window.jscd.os.toLowerCase()=="linux"&&window.jscd.browser.toLowerCase()!="chrome"){this.flashPlugin=false;this.currentSpecificPlatform="linuxfirefox";this.customMessage='<p style="width: 100%; text-align: center;background-color: #3193C8; color: #000000;padding: 2px 0 4px 0;font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana;"><b>ATTENZIONE:</b> Per vedere al meglio i nostri video ti consigliamo di usare il browser <a style="color: #000000;font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.google.it/chrome/browser/desktop/" target="_blank">Chrome<a/></p>';}}catch(e){}

Et cetera.

Comment 3

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

I've sent an email to one of the addresses listed on their website, but I haven't got a reply.

I would guess they're suggesting Chrome because it has Flash.

Comment 4

[Andrea Marchesini [:baku]]

Talking with people working for repubblica.it, they told me that, in 2 or 3 weeks, all the videos will be encoded in a HTML5-compatible format. After this, they will ask your advs business company to test the website before removing the banner.

Comment 5

[Karl Dubost💡 :karlcow]

Thanks Andrea!

Comment 6

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

Out of curiosity, are they showing the banner because on Firefox on Linux they can't use Flash and so can't show ads?

I wasn't expecting the user population on Linux to be so big to actually matter for Repubblica!

Comment 7

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

Unfortunately nothing has changed so far :(

Comment 8

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

Still the same. Andrea, is there any chance you can ping them again?

Comment 9

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Marco, seems to be working now with no banner? (but, didn't check Linux)

Comment 10

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

The banner is still there for me. It seems specific to Linux, as the code that prints the message is behind:
> if(window.jscd.os.toLowerCase()=="linux"&&window.jscd.browser.toLowerCase()!="chrome"){

Comment 11

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Ah, thanks!

Comment 12

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

Andrea, do you still have contacts working for repubblica.it? They are still showing the banner.

Comment 13

[Andrea Marchesini [:baku]]

I contacted them again. I'll write a comment when I have news.

Comment 14

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

See bug 1547409. Moving webcompat whiteboard tags to keywords.

Comment 15

[Oana Arbuzov [:oanaarbuzov]]

The issue seems to be fixed, the banner to use Chrome is not displayed and I can play the videos.

• http://video.repubblica.it/sport/gb-il-bomber-con-la-pancia-il-gol-promozione-di-akinfenwa/241836/241836
  https://prnt.sc/DUdzwgQLl_UL

• https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/03/04/news/macron_napoli_per_me_e_speciale_come_diceva_stendhal_con_parigi_e_una_delle_2_capitali_d_europa_-220679063/
  https://prnt.sc/5SzZR7Kre_d2

Tested with:
Browser / Version: Firefox Nightly 101.0a1 (2022-04-14)
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro, Ubuntu 20.04.2

Marco can you still reproduce it on your side?

Comment 16

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

Yes, I can no longer reproduce it.