[Bug 20665] New: Should define navigator.product for web compatibility

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20665

            Bug ID: 20665
           Summary: Should define navigator.product for web compatibility
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows NT
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: travil@microsoft.com
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org

As we continue to improve IE's engine such that it runs more of the non-IE
based web, we've seen that it is now necessary to support the navigator.product
attribute. It should simply return "Gecko".

This behavior is already present in Chrome and Firefox, and IE will be adding
it soon.

Consider this for HTML5 as well to codify this behavior for interoperability
and actual site compatibility.

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Received on Monday, 14 January 2013 18:57:34 UTC