Firefox has an old incorrect user-agent string in "Linux Mint Sarah"
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(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)
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(Reporter: kanaitpro, Unassigned)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; NetBSD amd64; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0
Steps to reproduce:
i use firefox. i am running linux mint sarah and firefox esr with auto updates turned on. if you need any other details just ask.
Actual results:
your form picked up that i am using branch 49 when i am on version 60.0.1 and have a screenshot of this on your add-in page saying i need to upgrade. github reports i am using an older version along with websites that won't load. it is getting annoying and i would hate to switch browsers just to visit a couple of pages.
Expected results:
it should have reported the actual version i use, or at least it makes sense that it would.
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Updated•6 years ago
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Comment 2•6 years ago
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Hi, kanaitpro:
First, I apologize for the tone of the previous comment. It was not helpful.
Linux distributions do their own packaging of Firefox, with modifications. Those modifications can break compatibility with add-ons.
Three things you could try here:
- If Mint supports Snap, you can use that to install Firefox
https://docs.snapcraft.io/installing-snap-on-linux-mint - Report the issue you're having to the Mint maintainers and get them to update the User Agent string (there is probably a reason they are using the Firefox 49 user string, related to add-ons)
- Install a binary of Firefox directly from https://firefox.com and run that
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/install-firefox-linux
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