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Re: Ubuntu Browser doesn't present system language to websites.

 

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Nathan Haines <nhaines@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 06/11/2015 12:25 AM, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
>
>> Have a look at
>>
>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/578455/how-can-i-set-the-user-agent-in-a-webapp
>> which shows two ways to set the User Agent for a webapp.
>> It could be something similar to set the Accept-Language header field.
>>
>
> The first version was born specifically because Tutanota claimed to have
> whitelisted the Ubuntu browser but did not for another week or so.  I
> created the webapp because the website really does provide a premium mobile
> experience.  I hope to build a 'native' Cordova app in the future and was
> invited by the Tutanota team to send pull requests to the github project.
>
> The only way it would be acceptable to set the Accept-Language header
> field specifically would be if I wanted a separate German webapp in the
> store.  I already had professional localization offered for the German
> description.  Since most users are German, I'd like for their system
> language settings to be automatically detected and not have 10 identical
> entries in the Ubuntu App Store.  (Which I can't do anyway because it's not
> possible to set the Accept-Language header from the command line anyway.)
>
> Thank you for the LP project name.  I'll file a bug as promised.
>
>
Thanks for filing the report. I found it and added some more information.
Here is the link in case someone else wants to subscribe and follow it,
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1464159

Simos

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