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This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 10.0~b3+build2-0ubuntu1

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firefox (10.0~b3+build2-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream release from the beta channel (FIREFOX_10_0b3_BUILD2)

  * "Fix" LP: #897794 - some websites expect "X11" to be the first token of
    the platform component in the UA string
    - update debian/patches/ubuntu-ua-string-changes.patch
  * Defuzz ubuntu-codes-google.patch
 -- Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:43:28 +0000

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Firefox 8 User Agent String "Ubuntu;" addition causes attempt to
  download rather than display

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The patch added by Chris Coulson in the FF 8 packages to add "Ubutnu;"
  to FireFox's User Agent string has caused some sites to start offering
  a download of a "application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml" or similar file.

  This change seems to have caused an issue with 51degrees.com's .NET
  Mobile Framework. Visiting a site that uses the framework now prompts
  to download an "application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml" file.

  Obviously, this is likely the fault of the framework, and not Ubuntu.
  But I felt it should be logged, and I could not find any launchpad bug
  regarding this change.

  debian/patches/ubuntu-ua-string-changes.patch
  > Description: Add "Ubuntu" to the platform part of the UA string
  > Author: Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

  The User Agent changed from:

  > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101
  Firefox/7.0.1

  to

  > Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101
  Firefox/8.0

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