507870 - The JavaScript returns 'Netscape' as Browser Name, but the correct is 'Firefox'.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 61071

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pt-BR; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pt-BR; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

I dont know why the name of Firefox 3.5.1 is 'Netscape'.
The function 'navigator.appName' in JavaScript returns this.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Using the JavaScript function 'navigator.appName'.
Actual Results:  
The function returns 'Netscape'.

Expected Results:  
The correct name is 'Firefox'.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Netscape released the source, Mozilla.org&Netscape worked on the source and Netscape released Netscape6.X/7.X and Mozilla Released Mozilla1.X from this work. Netscape died, Mozilla.org created Firefox which is using the same Core (the rendering Engine Gecko) as Mozilla1.X and Mozilla1.x got renamed to Seamonkey.
Changing the navigator.appName would break many pages that are doing browser sniffing and you don't use the "Netscape Navigator" -> navigator.appName would have to return an error if you want it correct.

Comment 2

[Stewart Gordon]

What pages are there that sniff on navgiator.appName in this day and age?

They'd be even crazier than they always were, given that Mozilla/Gecko has practically nothing in common with Netscape 4.x and below.