Closed Bug 271896 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

JavaScript navigator.appName is "Netscape", why not "Firefox"?

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 61071

People

(Reporter: u167265, Assigned: bugzilla)

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Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 In JavaScript, the navigator.appName is "Netscape". I've never installed Netscape on my computer. Why isn't the appName "Firefox"? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Put this code in a HTML-page and open it with Firefox: <script type='text/javascript'><!-- document.write(navigator.appName); //--></script> Actual Results: "Netscape" was displayed. Expected Results: "Firefox" should be displayed.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 61071 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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