1545098 - Remove some UA overrides and Interventions

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Web Compatibility :: Interventions, task, P1)

Description

[Sergiu Logigan [:sergiu]]

After testing the UA overrides and Interventions found on about:compat, I think we can remove the following UA interventions:

Desktop:
directvnow.com

Mobile:
sites.google.com
rottentomatoes.com
weather.yahoo.co.jp
uniqlo.com
mobile.bet365.com
cnbc.com

Detailed report:

Windows 10
Firefox nightly 68.0a1 (2019-04-16) (64-bit)

User Agent Overrides
[OK]directvnow.com - works with the UA override disabled

Interventions
[NOK]ib.absa.co.za - still getting the Unsupported message while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]histography.io - still getting the Unsupported message while the Intervention is Disabled
[OK]bankofamerica.com - works with the Intervention Disabled
[NOK]election.gov.np - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]portalminasnet.com - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]sreedharscce.in - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled
[OK]twitch.tv - works with the Intervention Disabled
[NOK]gaming.youtube.com - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled

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MacOS 10.14.4
Firefox nightly 68.0a1 (2019-04-16)

User Agent Overrides
[OK]directvnow.com - works with the UA override disabled

Interventions
[NOK]ib.absa.co.za - still getting the Unsupported message while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]histography.io - still getting the Unsupported message while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]bankofamerica.com - still getting the Unsupported message while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]election.gov.np - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]portalminasnet.com - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]sreedharscce.in - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]twitch.tv - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled
[NOK]gaming.youtube.com - still broken while the Intervention is Disabled

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OnePlus 6 (Android 9) - 1080 x 2280 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~402 ppi pixel density)
Firefox nightly 68.0a1 (2019-04-16)

User Agent Overrides
[NOK]m.imgur.com - still broken while the UA override is disabled
[OK, I guess]sites.google.com - I think the UA changed. We are getting the same layout on Mobile, on all Firefox versions, and also on Chrome. http://prntscr.com/nd3j4p
[NOK]tieba.baidu.com - still broken while the UA override is disabled
[OK]rottentomatoes.com - works with the UA override disabled
[OK]weather.yahoo.co.jp - works with the UA override disabled
[OK]lohaco.jp - works fine (unable to toggle the UA override, due to BZ 1545081)
[OK]nhk.or.jp - works fine (unable to toggle the UA override, due to BZ 1545081)
[OK]uniqlo.com - works fine (unable to toggle OFF the UA override, due to BZ 1545081)
[NOK]directv.com - still broken while the UA override is disabled
[NOK]rakuten.co.jp - still broken while the UA override is disabled
[NOK]mobile.de - still broken while the UA override is disabled
[OK]mobile.bet365.com - works with the UA override disabled (I was unable to find a live football game, but tested on a Basketball one)
[NOK]cc.com - still broken while the UA override is disabled
[OK]cnbc.com - works with the UA override disabled
[NOK]cineflix.com.br - still broken while the UA override is disabled
[NOK]redbull.com - still broken while the UA override is disabled
[NOK]zmags.com - still broken while the UA override is disabled

interventions
-NONE-

Comment 1

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Dennis, this one is for you -- but perhaps we should wait until Bug 1539918 is resolved fixed, just to avoid churn.

Comment 2

[Sergiu Logigan [:sergiu]]

Retested after the fix for https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1545081.

[OK]weather.yahoo.co.jp
[NOK]lohaco.jp
[NOK]nhk.or.jp
[OK]uniqlo.com

[OK] - mobile page
[NOK] - Desktop page.

Comment 3

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

(We'll look at this one together!)

Comment 4

[Dennis Schubert [:denschub]]

(resolved the initial confusion via private messages, canceling the ni?)

Comment 5

[Dennis Schubert [:denschub]]

Attachment: GitHub Pull Request

This is resolved in the linked PR. Thanks Ksenia! :)