UserAgent Site Specific Overrides

[TPR75]

I don't like Firefox so I don't want to send info about such browser to the world (in "useragent" string).

Unfortunately some pages I must use are set to cooperate with "firefox" and IE only. I've managed with this:
1) by setting "general.useragent.site_specific_overrides" to TRUE (AFAIR it was default),
2) and adding "general.useragent.override.[site_address]" with value "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 SeaMonkey/2.15.1".

Simple but effective... but it "should" be changed with every new version of SeaMonkey.
Is it possible to input some "variable" that will set current/present "useragent" string with "Firefox" entry?

[therube]

1) yes, true is default. (if it were not, it would be displayed in bold)

So you're saying what? You want to use variables, or have it variable, such that SeaMonkey 2.16 would show:

> "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0 SeaMonkey/2.16

Don't know if there's a way to do that or not?
Only recently became aware of site specific & have only tried it at vk where I've been having issues downloading of late (but thinking now it is to do with my download manager & not the browser).

> general.useragent.override.vk.com;Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0)

Suppose something like that could work, if the back-end support for it is or where there.

Examples that do similar:

> extensions.blocklist.detailsURL;https://www.mozilla.com/%LOCALE%/blocklist/
> copyurlplus.menus.1.copy;[url=%URL%]%SEL%[/url]

In the latter case, I'm sure Mozilla doesn't know what %URL% or %SEL% are, but the copyurlplus extension was programed to use those variables. If a %geckoversion% existed, then it would be a simple matter of just using that.

[TPR75]

I don't want to install additional extensions so I'll stick to good old "copy/paste" with every update... and maybe with every "migration" between my computers with different systems...

[vazhavandan]

I don't like Firefox so I don't want to send info about such browser to the world (in "useragent" string).

Unfortunately some pages I must use are set to cooperate with "firefox" and IE only. I've managed with this:
1) by setting "general.useragent.site_specific_overrides" to TRUE (AFAIR it was default),
2) and adding "general.useragent.override.[site_address]" with value "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 SeaMonkey/2.15.1".

Simple but effective... but it "should" be changed with every new version of SeaMonkey.
Is it possible to input some "variable" that will set current/present "useragent" string with "Firefox" entry?

I have turned ON "advertise as firefox" permanently as many sites simply refuse to allow SeaMonkey through

[Diamanti]

I tried with FF18:
user_pref("general.useragent.site_specific_overrides",true)
user_pref("general.useragent.override.whatsmyip.org","Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0")

but not work, why?

[vazhavandan]

Your string seems to be wrong. you can get full list here http://techpatterns.com/forums/about304.html
consider using http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/

[TPR75]

I tried with FF18:
user_pref("general.useragent.site_specific_overrides",true)
user_pref("general.useragent.override.whatsmyip.org","Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0")

but not work, why?

What do you mean by "not work"? Can you see default Firefox useragent only? Actually site with "information about you" should display any string you input.

Try here:
http://www.useragentstring.com/
List of useragents here:
http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/us ... string.php
For Internet Explorer:
http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/In ... 0Explorer/

BTW If it's not typo in your post then you should have:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0)
instead of:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0")
But it still should be displayed on e.g.:
http://www.whatsmyip.org/more-info-about-you/

EDIT: Close Firefox and edit "prefs.js" file only (if you can't run "about:config").

[Diamanti]

I have solved.
I have missing ";" in the end line.

again:
i have, f.e.:
general.useragent.override
setted to
"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/5.0)"

to it is possible to set:
general.useragent.override.whatsmyip.org
to default user agent?

[TPR75]

to it is possible to set:
general.useragent.override.whatsmyip.org
to default user agent?

Delete string for "general.useragent.override.whatsmyip.org" and it will use default UA... or delete whole line in "prefs.js".