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[Michael Terry <michael.terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Here's my use case:

1. I have a reddit webapp using webapp-container.
2. I want to avoid reddit's popup box suggesting I install the Android app (reddit does this based on the presence of the Android user agent keyword).
3. I want to be convergent and have reddit feed my webapp mobile or desktop content as appropriate (reddit will do this for us based on the presence of the Mobile user agent keyword).

As of today, #2 makes me want to pass a --user-agent-string without the
"Android" keyword.  But #3 makes me want to allow webapp-container to
use its default dynamic user-agent logic, inserting Mobile or not as
needed.

As a soft #4, I'd also like to have the various versions in the user
agent string be accurate.  Which is hard to do when passing a manual
--user-agent-string.

What would be the best solution to my problem?

My simple proposal would be a new flag that says --no-android-user-agent
or something like that.  But that's a bit grossly named.  Maybe --pure-
user-agent or --native-user-agent or something, which would use a pure
Ubuntu user agent without "Android".

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591303

Title:
  [webapp-container] No way to allow dynamic user-agent content with
  --user-agent-string

Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Here's my use case:

  1. I have a reddit webapp using webapp-container.
  2. I want to avoid reddit's popup box suggesting I install the Android app (reddit does this based on the presence of the Android user agent keyword).
  3. I want to be convergent and have reddit feed my webapp mobile or desktop content as appropriate (reddit will do this for us based on the presence of the Mobile user agent keyword).

  As of today, #2 makes me want to pass a --user-agent-string without
  the "Android" keyword.  But #3 makes me want to allow webapp-container
  to use its default dynamic user-agent logic, inserting Mobile or not
  as needed.

  As a soft #4, I'd also like to have the various versions in the user
  agent string be accurate.  Which is hard to do when passing a manual
  --user-agent-string.

  What would be the best solution to my problem?

  My simple proposal would be a new flag that says --no-android-user-
  agent or something like that.  But that's a bit grossly named.  Maybe
  --pure-user-agent or --native-user-agent or something, which would use
  a pure Ubuntu user agent without "Android".

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