[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":840},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-4499435":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":5,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":47,"post_text":49,"what":50,"said":75,"maker_in_thread":298,"shape":307,"grid":310,"attempts":803,"same_week":804,"maker_shows":17,"maker_hidden":832,"reader_version":833,"card":834},"4499435","aboutmybrowser.com","We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this","title","Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this","https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com","ashastry",1347281036,2012,521,175,7,1677,1,"legend","dev_tools","browser diagnostics","web_app",[23,24,25,26],"browser detection","user agent","browser info","support tool","mixed",-0.233,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},25,55,5,57,142,{"idea":36,"design":38,"performance":41,"execution":44},{"positive":37,"critical":32},13,{"positive":39,"critical":40},2,8,{"positive":42,"critical":43},0,4,{"positive":45,"critical":46},6,39,[43,48,39,32,17,48,17,17,17,48,48,17,17,48,48,48,17,48,17,48,17,48,39,48,17,39,48,39,48,48,39,17,17,48,39,17,48,43,17,32],3,null,{"problem":51,"audience":62,"pricing":49,"motivation":67,"time_to_build":49,"stack":72,"openness":73,"stage":74,"team_size":73},{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Support staff need to know a user's browser details without asking them.","maker",[55,58],{"id":56,"by":10,"text":57},"4499548","Yep. That one looks good and showed up in our research as well. In aboutmybrowser, we generate a custom url for you so you can copy the url and share your info easily. No need to…",{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},"4499450","prateekdayal","This is our weekend hack. Would love your feedback. The app is primarily for people doing customer support to understand if their users are using supported browsers and right…",{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"People doing customer support who need users' browser and plugin details.","commenter",[66],{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},{"value":68,"source":53,"evidence":69},"Support agents kept asking users what browser they were using.",[70,71],{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},{"id":56,"by":10,"text":57},[],"unknown","beta",{"praise":76,"objections":114,"requests":190,"questions":239,"alternatives":254},[77,92,103],{"value":78,"source":64,"evidence":79},"Useful for non-technical users and support requests",[80,84,88],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"4499517","sassyboy","As geeks, we tend to forget sometimes how trivial questions such as \"What browser are you using\" leave some users completely stumped. Heck, there may be so many people who do not…",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"4499516","ashitvora","nice one. simple but very useful when you are dealing with non-tech users.",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"4499630","_pferreir_","Great idea. I lost the count to the number of times I had to ask this question. This will really help a lot.",{"value":93,"source":64,"evidence":94},"Shareable link is handy",[95,99],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"4500188","twog","Another great tool that does this is http:\u002F\u002Fsupportdetails.com\u002F I like how aboutmybrowser allows you to grab a quick link to share.",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"4499519","robbiea","I think if you add a \"share via e-mail\" feature right underneath it, it would be awesome.",{"value":104,"source":64,"evidence":105},"Accurate detection on many browsers",[106,110],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"4500761","paulovsk","Great work. It works well, it identified everything correctly, including the Windows Version (8).",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"4501943","jelder","It accurately detected that I'm running Safari on OS\u002F2. Pretty great! https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002F4004112543 (Actually, Chrome os iOS, but close enough.)",[115,138,153,168,179],{"value":116,"source":64,"evidence":117},"Shows 'something went wrong' on many browsers and user agents",[118,122,126,130,134],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"4499926","lordlarm","With Maxthon I get \"We're sorry, but something went wrong\" (https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002F398693348) Also, why are you using (ugly) unofficial icons for some of the browsers (Opera…",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"4499860","vog","For me, this site is currently quite useless. It merely shows: \"We're sorry, but something went wrong.\" Is it a bug in the browser recognition, or is the site simply down due to…",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"4499637","caio1982","lynx -dump http:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com We're sorry, but something went wrong. Really, guys? It's mothereffing lynx!",{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"4500741","derleth","500 Errors: Lynx on Linux: https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002F1909674851 w3m on Linux: https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002F1942341369 links on Linux: https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002F3183933151 elinks…",{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"4499619","nemetroid","If I visit with an odd User Agent I get a server error. https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002F47523742 is an example where I used User Agent Switcher in Firefox with the UA string ```…",{"value":139,"source":64,"evidence":140},"Reports Windows 8 and other modern Windows as Windows NT",[141,145,149],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"4499897","cabirum","Windows 8 (rtm) is detected as \"Windows NT\" https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002F647576433",{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"4500487","josteink","Latest (regular desktop) Chrome on Windows 8 gets reported as Windows NT. I mean.. Sure there's probably quite a bit of remnants from the Windows NT codebase here and there, but…",{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"4500218","rlu","Any modern version of Windows will show up here as \"Windows NT\". I think you should be able to determine the correct version through the user agent string. \"Windows NT 6.2\" is…",{"value":154,"source":64,"evidence":155},"Screen and window size reported incorrectly",[156,160,164],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"4501161","ivankirigin","The screen size vs monitor size looks incorrect https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002F3056072335 I'm browsing on a second monitor",{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"4499555","anonymoushn","It looks like it detects the resolution of the primary display. I'm not sure if there's a way to pick the \"right\" display, though. ``` Screen Width 1440 Screen Height 900 Browser…",{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"4503355","CCs","Might be a bug: window size is incorrect with my setup. AboutMyBrowser.com (correct): ``` Screen Width 2560 Screen Height 1440 Browser Width 1932 Browser Height 1271 Browser Top…",{"value":169,"source":64,"evidence":170},"Too much scrolling and wasted screen space",[171,175],{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"4500383","CJefferson","You don't make a great use of screen space. On my laptop, the very bottom thing on the page I can see is a giant 'chrome' logo. I initially assumed all you were doing is…",{"id":176,"by":177,"text":178},"4500000","tzaman","Too much scrolling for the amount of information given, otherwise, good job!",{"value":180,"source":64,"evidence":181},"Misidentifies Chromium and Chrome variants",[182,186],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"4499639","pavanky","It is identifying both chromium and firefox as chrome on Linux. The User Agent String looks suspicious too.. http:\u002F\u002Fimgur.com\u002FeYdlo,XjsOH EDIT: I am on ArchLinux if that helps.",{"id":187,"by":188,"text":189},"4500428","tshadwell","It doesn't differentiate between the various versions of chrome. Chromium, for example has no Google nonsense in it.",[191,206,217,224,231],{"value":192,"source":64,"evidence":193},"Detect add-ons and Flash status",[194,198,202],{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"4500048","wldlyinaccurate","I don't know how easy it is (or if it's even possible) but it would be really useful to detect what add-ons are enabled. Things like Adblock, Flashblock, cause a lot of trouble…",{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"4499540","emillon","I find it interesting that Flash is detected even with FlashBlock enabled. It seems that the add-on only prevents its display.",{"id":203,"by":204,"text":205},"4502304","_feda_","Is it possible to identify certain add-ons in firefox even if they aren't in the user agent string, or is that the only information you get from the client? Would be cool if it…",{"value":207,"source":64,"evidence":208},"Shorter URLs or word-based codes",[209,213],{"id":210,"by":211,"text":212},"4499494","emilsedgh","Seems nice. A couple of things: 1) It would be cool if it gets shorter urls so it would be usable on phone. 2) It detects Safari on Linux for me. Im using Konqueror.…",{"id":214,"by":215,"text":216},"4499947","dsr_","Let me make a suggestion: for reporting, return a URL with a set of word codes rather than numbers and letters. https:\u002F\u002Faboutmybrowser.com\u002Fdog_walrus_banana_door If you figure…",{"value":218,"source":64,"evidence":219},"Internationalize the text",[220],{"id":221,"by":222,"text":223},"4499813","Shorel","Can you internationalize the texts?",{"value":225,"source":64,"evidence":226},"Show latest version and upgrade notice",[227],{"id":228,"by":229,"text":230},"4502784","ddffnn","Suggestion: Check the version against the latest release and kindly notify visitors if a newer release is available. Provide the link to make it easy to upgrade. I've often had…",{"value":232,"source":64,"evidence":233},"Webhook or email sharing",[234,238],{"id":235,"by":236,"text":237},"4499554","jasonkester","Cool. How about adding a way to automatically fire off a web hook after sniffing the information. As in: \"Thanks for reporting the issue. Would you mind following this link so…",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},[240,247],{"value":241,"source":64,"evidence":242},"What is the point of this tool?",[243],{"id":244,"by":245,"text":246},"4501148","SeanDav","Not a criticism at all but what is the point of this? This is a genuine question, I have no idea why this seems important\u002Finteresting enough to be No 1 on HN. What am I missing?",{"value":248,"source":64,"evidence":249},"Why is JavaScript required to see details?",[250],{"id":251,"by":252,"text":253},"4500276","stanleydrew","A couple of things: I have cookies and javascript turned off in Chrome on Android. This apparently is too much to handle as I keep getting the standard rails request failure…",[255,270,277,284,291],{"value":256,"source":64,"evidence":257},"supportdetails.com",[258,262,266],{"id":259,"by":260,"text":261},"4499534","aidos","There's also supportdetails.com which has a feature to let you customise [1] the recipient email etc so people can easily forward the details through to you. [1]…",{"id":263,"by":264,"text":265},"4499543","sanat","I use http:\u002F\u002Fsupportdetails.com\u002F . It's solved this problem for me since atleast the last 4 years.",{"id":267,"by":268,"text":269},"4499705","ritcho","http:\u002F\u002Fsupportdetails.com\u002F still more useful, but nice work.",{"value":271,"source":64,"evidence":272},"browser-details.com",[273],{"id":274,"by":275,"text":276},"4499937","jonasvp","Wow, talk about synchronicity... I put up our site doing the exact same thing last night! Design-wise you're definitely ahead, however. :-) Our version is at…",{"value":278,"source":64,"evidence":279},"whatismybrowser.com",[280],{"id":281,"by":282,"text":283},"4505923","xsaero00","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.whatismybrowser.com\u002F is nicer looking.",{"value":285,"source":64,"evidence":286},"playerversion.com",[287],{"id":288,"by":289,"text":290},"4500578","artjumble","Can you add the info about Flash Player too? Like this: http:\u002F\u002Fplayerversion.com\u002F",{"value":292,"source":64,"evidence":293},"panopticlick.eff.org",[294],{"id":295,"by":296,"text":297},"4499629","ck2","Woefully incomplete - you aren't even exploring navigator.plugins, installed fonts, DOM storage settings, etc. https:\u002F\u002Fpanopticlick.eff.org\u002Findex.php?action=log&js=yes",{"comments":40,"answered":43,"key":299},[300,301,304],{"id":56,"text":57},{"id":302,"text":303},"4503958","We have fixed this error now. Please check it out...",{"id":305,"text":306},"4503967","Hi. We have fixed these errors now. 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