Re: WebPlatform Browser Support Info

Ronald,

I wasn't saying that we should use WURFL, I said that they have solved this
same problem before, identifying browser/device combinations.

Anyway, if there is enough interest on WURFL somehow -AGPL license- , I can
contact Luca Passani -CEO of the company behind WURFL-, I know him
personally and I think he may be able to help if we need something from his
experience on this topic.

Usually, on mobile UA-strings are not enough but it depends on what we want
to achieve.

Max


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ronald Mansveld
<ronald@ronaldmansveld.nl>wrote:

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> Maximiliano Firtman schreef op 2013-10-18 16:09:
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>  Hi! I'm not dutch, but the Queen (consorte) Máxima of the Netherlands
>> was born in Argentina, my home country ;)
>>
>> About browser identification, on mobile it's usually a mess. Some
>> examples:
>>
>> 1) Chrome on iOS (in terms of compatibility) is the iOS Web View,
>> that is 99.9% the same as Safari - it doesn't deserve a mention by
>> itself but it's clearly not the same as Chrome on Android
>> 2) Android default browser is not even the same on different devices
>> with the same Android OS -such as the browser in Samsung devices, or
>> some Sony devices with WebGL support-
>> 3) Naming is complicated as it was stated before in this thread. For
>> example, "BlackBerry Browser" is basically a different browser in 6.x,
>> 7.x, BB10 and the PlayBook tablet. The same problem applies to "Nokia
>> Browser"
>>
>> I think WURFL already has a clever way to identify a combination of
>> browser/device based on the user agent and it uses a hierarchy
>> mechanism to provide default values for properties while some specific
>> devices can override them. WURFL also has an identifier per
>> browser/platform. Look at it may be a good idea.
>>
>>
> I've checked WURFL, but their licensing seems to be completely
> incompatible. As in: we're not allowed to use it, unless we get a license
> for one of their tools to access the data.
> But wouldn't UA-strings suffice for mobile as well? Cause I've got a hunch
> that that's exactly what they base their data on.
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> Ronald
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