Safari user agent strings safari click on any string to get more details safari 7. How to reset the default user agent on firefox firefox help. How to change and spoof safari useragent string my. Our latest safari user agent page will show you the user agents for the most recent versions of safari. I opened settings safari request desktop website all websites. How to use user agent switcher firefox mac os x to. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided. In fact, its even very hard perhaps impossible to distinguish between iphone 4 and 4s from native apps. Curl set user agent command on linux or unix nixcraft. Weve got 537,825 safari user agents in our database. The user agent ua in chrome for ios is the same as the mobile safari user agent, with crios instead of version. The user agent string will be changed on the current tab and remains only active when the developer tools are kept open. Most web browser does not have capability to allow user to change the useragent string directly without the help of addon, extension or plugin, with the notably exception of apple safari web browser.
Apple user agents do not expose the hardware version, so you can only guess the iphone version by the os version, for example, if its running ios 5, it must be an iphone 4 or 4s. This document describes the user agent string used in firefox 4 and later and applications based on gecko 2. Jan 16, 20 look for user agent and uncheck the box next to select automatically to reveal all user agent options in chrome. Jun 11, 20 this enables the develop menu, from which you can select the user agent option to choose any of the major browsing agents, including mobile ones like safari for iphone, ipad or ipod touch. Basically, the user agent is a piece of code that the browser sends to the website to tell it information about the browser and operating system youre using. How to activate user agent switcher in safari dummies. For example, a chrome browser on an iphone 6 will introduce itself using a different ua than a safari browser on the same phone. List of mobile browser useragent strings deviceatlas. If you are using apple safari, you can directly change the user agent to iphone or. Sync browser pro is a super excellent browser that allows you to synchronize your bookmarks across browsersie, firefox, safari, chrome, devices mac, iphone, ipad and platforms mac,pc. Google chrome runs on a variety of operating systems and platforms, so while the version number tends to be fairly similar across platforms, the actual structure of it can be quite varied here we have the latest user agents for chrome on a variety of popular platforms. Can i download a version of firefox that is compatible with. I have been eagerly updating my firefox for the last 4 updates waiting to see. The user agent switcher extension adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of a browser.
Safari includes special features that make it possible. For example, the default user agent entry for firefox 72 on windows 10 64bit would appear as. Useragent switcher get this extension for firefox enus. The browser is developed by mozilla foundation and renders web pages using the webkit engine.
Once installed and restarted firefox, simply go to tools user agent switcher, and you will see a list of user agents which you can choose. The ua string of firefox is broken down into 4 components. Ive installed user agent switcher to allow my to change my user agent. Lets discuss now how to change it on apple os xs safari. For more on firefox and geckobased user agent strings, see the firefox user agent string reference. The user agent string for iphone mobile phone is as below. User agent version os hardware type popularity mozilla5. This is a listing of only some of the most popular ones. The user agent value you enter and a bit of magic behind the scenes. User agent strings come in all shapes and sizes, and the number of unique user agents is growing all the time. The website can then show a display version of the website designed for that devices layout. Changing user agent for firefox web browser tech journey.
This document describes the user agent string used in firefox 4 and later and. The user agent switcher extension adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user. Useragent string is transmitted to web server to make known the browsers application type, operating system, software vendor, or software revision. In order to provide almost perfect emulation of useragent values, user agentswitcher bundles a strippeddown version of browscap. Bots vs browsers database of 5,893,856 user agents and growing. How to install an older version of firefox on my mac. Detect the os, browser and webview from useragent string. Uncheck the select automatically user agent check box and you will get drop down menu as follows. When youre testing a website intended for the iphone and ipad on a desktop computer, if the device detection script on a server recognizes that youre using a browser on a computer, it doesnt show you the phone version. If you dont see it there, click the menu button then click library. See also this document on user agent sniffing and this hacks blog post. User agent in safari on ipados apple developer forums.
Download whole our database of 29,720,274 user agents. Change user agent with curl to get url source code as. Uaparser\result\client object ua uaparser\result\useragent object major 26 minor 0 patch 0 family facebook os. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. I am using ios 5 on an ipad and id like to be able to change the user agent. User agent, software, layout engine, software type, popularity. You can open the properties of the firefox desktop shortcut from the rightclick context menu. How to post to instagram with a web browser by user agent.
How to change the user agent in safari, chrome and firefox. Firefox user agent strings firefox click on any string to get more details firefox 77. Browsing category apple iphone apple iphone user agents user agents found. Ive found it usually does that itself, but its possible that it might have done that. The extension enables useragent spoofing on specific domains only. Selecting a user agent for the scan to use while exploring. The application basics section will include a user agent entry. The table below shows the useragent header sent for each useragent. There are plenty of other alternatives, and well tell you about four of them. The dozens of us who use firefox on an ipad, and quite possibly an iphone i am not.
Can i download a version of firefox that is compatible. To view your user agent, click the firefox menu button, click help and select troubleshooting information. Look for user agent and uncheck the box next to select automatically to reveal all user agent options in chrome. How to change user agent string in firefox to emulate iphone. Nov 12, 2016 the user agent switcher extension adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of a browser. Ask different is a question and answer site for power users of apple hardware and software.
When feature detection apis are not available, use the ua to customize behavior or content to specific browser versions. The useragent value you enter and a bit of magic behind the scenes. When i try from an ipad or iphone the user agent string looks like. Check the compatibility tab and make sure that the compatibility mode option is not selected. May 08, 2018 uncheck the select automatically user agent check box and you will get drop down menu as follows. After youve changed the user agent, refresh the page. Select a user agent for the scan to use while exploring the site. This holds the subproduct information of the used product you can also check your useragent with the help of. The web server can then choose to send customized content to that device. Oct 23, 2018 useragent list for different device types. A browsers user agent string ua helps identify which browser is being used, what version, and on which operating system. Imo it should be disabled by default and if a user. The user agent ua in chrome for ios is the same as the mobile safari user agent, with crios instead of version heres an example of the chrome ua on iphone mozilla5. I disabled it and the proper user agent is now displayed.
This holds the product version of the used product. May 08, 2020 in order to provide almost perfect emulation of user agent values, user agent switcher bundles a strippeddown version of browscap. Weve collected millions of user agents and have categorised them here for you, based on some of the things we can detect about them operating system, browser, hardware type. Apr 30, 2020 its a twostep process on firefox, and youll need to change the user agent either with the manual method link above or a user agent spoofing plugin. Weve collected millions of user agents and have categorised them here for you, based on some of the things we can detect about them operating system, browser, hardware type, browser type, and so on. How to use user agent switcher firefox mac os x to iphone. This allows us to derive all relevant javascript navigator. It originally told me that the newest version of firefox was not compatible with my system, but i downloaded and installed it anyway thinking that i would get a compatible version. After resetting your user agent, you may need restart firefox and clear your cookies and cache. Select an optional user agent from the dropdown menu to activate that user agent in chrome.
Contribute to mozillamobilefirefoxios development by creating an account on github. A list of ios browsers which allow user agent switching. Click history and select clear recent history in the time range to clear. Thats where user agent switching enters the picture. For a breakdown of changes to the string in gecko 2. Complete list of ios useragent strings enterprise ios. There are millions of useragent combinations given that uas change with the software and hardware. It is possible to set useragent string for a single window. If your user agent shows a previous windows version, such as windows nt 6.