What's my browser
Dev tools
browser diagnostics
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
7 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 30 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score -0.48.
Execution: 2 for, 17 againstIdea: 5 for, 7 againstDocs: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design with a simple URL and copy button
From 1 comment
As someone who uses these services in my job, I like the design a lot. A simple url and a simple copy button is great for these things (anyone who has done support will know what…
Numberwang on HN
Useful for support work
From 2 comments
Support. I work Support and Maintenance in an web agency and if I a client client calls up with an issue that I can't reproduce, the first question is what browser they use.…
varkson on HNWhen I'm talking to my clients, it's so much easier to tell them to use to a site like this. Them: "When I click the button, the menu shows up. But it disappears as soon as I…
thucydides on HN
Objections
Misdetects browsers such as Opera, Epiphany, Midori and IE11 in some modes
From 3 comments
It detects Web (Epiphany) as Chrome: http://whatsmybrowser.org/b/ZB74XW4 Midori as Safari: http://whatsmybrowser.org/b/PMWKUJZ Chromium as chrome:…
brokenparser on HNWhen I tried Opera, it returned Chrome 31.
xpda on HNReports my IE11 in modern mode as IE7. I'm guessing it's because of the "trident" and "7.0" in the user agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0) like…
Joeri on HN
Reports wrong screen resolution on multi-monitor and retina displays
From 3 comments
On Linux(Gentoo) it reports the resolution of my secondary monitor. Instead of the one my browser is actually on.
JelteF on HNIt says that my screen size is 1280 x 720, but it's actually 1920 x 1080.
MarkTee on HNOn a retina screen, it reports the wrong resolution. Not sure if you can get density from the browser, but just thought I would let you know!
cridenour on HN
Stored XSS via user agent string
From 2 comments
Looks nice, but please sanitize your input: http://www.whatsmybrowser.org/b/STOW3UD Also the site completely breaks if I add rare unicodes at the end of the user agent: 🐧
elsamuko on HNAnd the nice XSS! http://whatsmybrowser.org/b/GXVP9QT
VincDep on HN
Cookie detection wrong when cookies are disabled
From 2 comments
I have cookies disabled and yet it says "Cookies enabled: Yes". I did verify there was no "Cookie" header sent. What's with that?
gorhill on HNI'm running dwb, version 2013.08.03 (either the maintainer for Fedora is slightly lazy or there hasn't been a new version in a while) on Fedora 20. It reports Safari 538 and OSX…
tsahyt on HN
Requests
Add IP address and GeoIP information
From 1 comment
IP address and GeoIP is pretty handy from a support perspective, plus anything such as ISP that can be inferred from IP address. The whatismybrowser.com has IP address but not…
Theodores on HN
Add Silverlight and addon details
From 1 comment
Love the site, but I would really need to have info on addons (particularly Silverlight) included to have use for it.
Numberwang on HN
Add websocket and SSL tests
From 1 comment
If you can add, Websocket and SSL tests would be awesome and are what we need. Great design!
tarikozket on HN
Make the site responsive
From 1 comment
That site is not responsive :-| (whatsmybrowser.org is)
SimeVidas on HN
Questions
Why would anyone need a website to tell them their browser
From 2 comments
Why would anyone need a website to tell them what browser they are using?
Houshalter on HNI would imagine anyone using an obscure browser doesn't need a website to tell them what they're using though.
krebby on HN
How it knows Java and Flash versions with click-to-play
From 1 comment
How does it know my Java and Flash versions when I have click to play set?
justincormack on HN
Alternatives named
whatismybrowser.com
From 1 comment
As someone who uses these services in my job, I like the design a lot. A simple url and a simple copy button is great for these things (anyone who has done support will know what…
Numberwang on HN
whatsmyuseragent.com
From 1 comment
See also: http://www.whatsmyuseragent.com
greenyoda on HN
supportdetails.com
From 2 comments
You're asking the user to cut and paste a URL... it's still too hard. The one we use, when we need to, is this: http://supportdetails.com/ All they have to do is put a recipient…
buro9 on HNI prefer http://supportdetails.com/ makes it easy for the customer to email me their details.
aaronbasssett on HN
ifconfig.me
From 1 comment
For my browser diagnostic needs, I prefer http://ifconfig.me/ Memorable url, shows ip address, shows user agent, and much more. As an added bonus, if you: ``` curl ifconfig.me…
lelandbatey on HN
gs.statcounter.com/detect
From 1 comment
Here's what we use at StatCounter when compiling Global Stats data: http://gs.statcounter.com/detect Can you check if that detects your IE11 correctly?
muxxa on HN