[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":479},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-7369642":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":36,"aspects":37,"strip":48,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":75,"maker_in_thread":223,"shape":225,"grid":230,"attempts":442,"same_week":443,"maker_shows":34,"maker_hidden":471,"reader_version":472,"card":473},"7369642","What's my browser","What's my browser?","title","Show HN: What's my browser?","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.whatsmybrowser.org\u002F","whatsmybrowser.org","zvanness",1394393903,2014,121,79,224,2272,10,"notable","dev_tools","browser diagnostics","web_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"user agent","browser detection","browser version","screen resolution","support tool","roasted",-0.482,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":34,"critical":35},7,13,3,30,53,{"execution":38,"idea":41,"design":43,"docs":45,"privacy":47},{"positive":39,"critical":40},2,17,{"positive":42,"critical":32},5,{"positive":44,"critical":39},0,{"positive":44,"critical":46},4,{"positive":44,"critical":44},[34,49,49,34,49,34,49,49,49,49,34,34,44,34,49,44,44,34,49,44,49,49,49,49,49,49,34,49,44,49,42,49,42,34,42,49,49,49,49,49],1,null,{"problem":52,"audience":64,"pricing":50,"motivation":50,"time_to_build":50,"stack":72,"openness":73,"stage":74,"team_size":73},{"value":53,"source":54,"evidence":55},"Support staff need to know a user's browser and system details to reproduce issues","commenter",[56,60],{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},"7371819","varkson","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.…",{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"7370611","thucydides","When 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…",{"value":65,"source":54,"evidence":66},"Support staff and web developers",[67,68],{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"7369904","Numberwang","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…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":76,"objections":86,"requests":139,"questions":167,"alternatives":186},[77,81],{"value":78,"source":54,"evidence":79},"Clean design with a simple URL and copy button",[80],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"value":82,"source":54,"evidence":83},"Useful for support work",[84,85],{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},[87,102,117,128],{"value":88,"source":54,"evidence":89},"Misdetects browsers such as Opera, Epiphany, Midori and IE11 in some modes",[90,94,98],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"7371092","brokenparser","It detects Web (Epiphany) as Chrome: http:\u002F\u002Fwhatsmybrowser.org\u002Fb\u002FZB74XW4 Midori as Safari: http:\u002F\u002Fwhatsmybrowser.org\u002Fb\u002FPMWKUJZ Chromium as chrome:…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"7370240","xpda","When I tried Opera, it returned Chrome 31.",{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"7369939","Joeri","Reports my IE11 in modern mode as IE7. I'm guessing it's because of the \"trident\" and \"7.0\" in the user agent: Mozilla\u002F5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; Trident\u002F7.0; Touch; rv:11.0) like…",{"value":103,"source":54,"evidence":104},"Reports wrong screen resolution on multi-monitor and retina displays",[105,109,113],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"7370094","JelteF","On Linux(Gentoo) it reports the resolution of my secondary monitor. Instead of the one my browser is actually on.",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"7369942","MarkTee","It says that my screen size is 1280 x 720, but it's actually 1920 x 1080.",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"7371073","cridenour","On 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!",{"value":118,"source":54,"evidence":119},"Stored XSS via user agent string",[120,124],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"7370213","elsamuko","Looks nice, but please sanitize your input: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.whatsmybrowser.org\u002Fb\u002FSTOW3UD Also the site completely breaks if I add rare unicodes at the end of the user agent: 🐧",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"7370347","VincDep","And the nice XSS! http:\u002F\u002Fwhatsmybrowser.org\u002Fb\u002FGXVP9QT",{"value":129,"source":54,"evidence":130},"Cookie detection wrong when cookies are disabled",[131,135],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"7371572","gorhill","I have cookies disabled and yet it says \"Cookies enabled: Yes\". I did verify there was no \"Cookie\" header sent. What's with that?",{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"7374621","tsahyt","I'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…",[140,147,153,160],{"value":141,"source":54,"evidence":142},"Add IP address and GeoIP information",[143],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"7370208","Theodores","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…",{"value":148,"source":54,"evidence":149},"Add Silverlight and addon details",[150],{"id":151,"by":70,"text":152},"7374941","Love the site, but I would really need to have info on addons (particularly Silverlight) included to have use for it.",{"value":154,"source":54,"evidence":155},"Add websocket and SSL tests",[156],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"7370445","tarikozket","If you can add, Websocket and SSL tests would be awesome and are what we need. Great design!",{"value":161,"source":54,"evidence":162},"Make the site responsive",[163],{"id":164,"by":165,"text":166},"7373126","SimeVidas","That site is not responsive :-| (whatsmybrowser.org is)",[168,179],{"value":169,"source":54,"evidence":170},"Why would anyone need a website to tell them their browser",[171,175],{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"7371449","Houshalter","Why would anyone need a website to tell them what browser they are using?",{"id":176,"by":177,"text":178},"7371340","krebby","I would imagine anyone using an obscure browser doesn't need a website to tell them what they're using though.",{"value":180,"source":54,"evidence":181},"How it knows Java and Flash versions with click-to-play",[182],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"7369944","justincormack","How does it know my Java and Flash versions when I have click to play set?",[187,191,198,209,216],{"value":188,"source":54,"evidence":189},"whatismybrowser.com",[190],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"value":192,"source":54,"evidence":193},"whatsmyuseragent.com",[194],{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"7369766","greenyoda","See also: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.whatsmyuseragent.com",{"value":199,"source":54,"evidence":200},"supportdetails.com",[201,205],{"id":202,"by":203,"text":204},"7371765","buro9","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:\u002F\u002Fsupportdetails.com\u002F All they have to do is put a recipient…",{"id":206,"by":207,"text":208},"7370757","aaronbasssett","I prefer http:\u002F\u002Fsupportdetails.com\u002F makes it easy for the customer to email me their details.",{"value":210,"source":54,"evidence":211},"ifconfig.me",[212],{"id":213,"by":214,"text":215},"7370254","lelandbatey","For my browser diagnostic needs, I prefer http:\u002F\u002Fifconfig.me\u002F Memorable url, shows ip address, shows user agent, and much more. As an added bonus, if you: ``` curl ifconfig.me…",{"value":217,"source":54,"evidence":218},"gs.statcounter.com\u002Fdetect",[219],{"id":220,"by":221,"text":222},"7370144","muxxa","Here's what we use at StatCounter when compiling Global Stats data: http:\u002F\u002Fgs.statcounter.com\u002Fdetect Can you check if that detects your IE11 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