aboutmybrowser.com
Dev tools
browser diagnostics
SHOW HN2012
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aboutmybrowser.com
We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this
aboutmybrowser.comHow HN took it
25 positive, 55 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 57 critical, out of 142 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.
Execution: 6 for, 39 againstIdea: 13 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 8 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for non-technical users and support requests
From 3 comments
As geeks, we tend to forget sometimes how trivial questions such as "What browser are you using" leave some users completely stumped. Heck, there may be so many people who do not…
sassyboy on HNnice one. simple but very useful when you are dealing with non-tech users.
ashitvora on HNGreat idea. I lost the count to the number of times I had to ask this question. This will really help a lot.
_pferreir_ on HN
Shareable link is handy
From 2 comments
Another great tool that does this is http://supportdetails.com/ I like how aboutmybrowser allows you to grab a quick link to share.
twog on HNI think if you add a "share via e-mail" feature right underneath it, it would be awesome.
robbiea on HN
Accurate detection on many browsers
From 2 comments
Great work. It works well, it identified everything correctly, including the Windows Version (8).
paulovsk on HNIt accurately detected that I'm running Safari on OS/2. Pretty great! https://aboutmybrowser.com/4004112543 (Actually, Chrome os iOS, but close enough.)
jelder on HN
Objections
Shows 'something went wrong' on many browsers and user agents
From 5 comments
With Maxthon I get "We're sorry, but something went wrong" (https://aboutmybrowser.com/398693348) Also, why are you using (ugly) unofficial icons for some of the browsers (Opera…
lordlarm on HNFor me, this site is currently quite useless. It merely shows: "We're sorry, but something went wrong." Is it a bug in the browser recognition, or is the site simply down due to…
vog on HNlynx -dump http://aboutmybrowser.com We're sorry, but something went wrong. Really, guys? It's mothereffing lynx!
caio1982 on HN500 Errors: Lynx on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/1909674851 w3m on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/1942341369 links on Linux: https://aboutmybrowser.com/3183933151 elinks…
derleth on HNIf I visit with an odd User Agent I get a server error. https://aboutmybrowser.com/47523742 is an example where I used User Agent Switcher in Firefox with the UA string ```…
nemetroid on HN
Reports Windows 8 and other modern Windows as Windows NT
From 3 comments
Windows 8 (rtm) is detected as "Windows NT" https://aboutmybrowser.com/647576433
cabirum on HNLatest (regular desktop) Chrome on Windows 8 gets reported as Windows NT. I mean.. Sure there's probably quite a bit of remnants from the Windows NT codebase here and there, but…
josteink on HNAny modern version of Windows will show up here as "Windows NT". I think you should be able to determine the correct version through the user agent string. "Windows NT 6.2" is…
rlu on HN
Screen and window size reported incorrectly
From 3 comments
The screen size vs monitor size looks incorrect https://aboutmybrowser.com/3056072335 I'm browsing on a second monitor
ivankirigin on HNIt looks like it detects the resolution of the primary display. I'm not sure if there's a way to pick the "right" display, though. ``` Screen Width 1440 Screen Height 900 Browser…
anonymoushn on HNMight be a bug: window size is incorrect with my setup. AboutMyBrowser.com (correct): ``` Screen Width 2560 Screen Height 1440 Browser Width 1932 Browser Height 1271 Browser Top…
CCs on HN
Too much scrolling and wasted screen space
From 2 comments
You don't make a great use of screen space. On my laptop, the very bottom thing on the page I can see is a giant 'chrome' logo. I initially assumed all you were doing is…
CJefferson on HNToo much scrolling for the amount of information given, otherwise, good job!
tzaman on HN
Misidentifies Chromium and Chrome variants
From 2 comments
It is identifying both chromium and firefox as chrome on Linux. The User Agent String looks suspicious too.. http://imgur.com/eYdlo,XjsOH EDIT: I am on ArchLinux if that helps.
pavanky on HNIt doesn't differentiate between the various versions of chrome. Chromium, for example has no Google nonsense in it.
tshadwell on HN
Requests
Detect add-ons and Flash status
From 3 comments
I don't know how easy it is (or if it's even possible) but it would be really useful to detect what add-ons are enabled. Things like Adblock, Flashblock, cause a lot of trouble…
wldlyinaccurate on HNI find it interesting that Flash is detected even with FlashBlock enabled. It seems that the add-on only prevents its display.
emillon on HNIs it possible to identify certain add-ons in firefox even if they aren't in the user agent string, or is that the only information you get from the client? Would be cool if it…
_feda_ on HN
Shorter URLs or word-based codes
From 2 comments
Seems nice. A couple of things: 1) It would be cool if it gets shorter urls so it would be usable on phone. 2) It detects Safari on Linux for me. Im using Konqueror.…
emilsedgh on HNLet me make a suggestion: for reporting, return a URL with a set of word codes rather than numbers and letters. https://aboutmybrowser.com/dog_walrus_banana_door If you figure…
dsr_ on HN
Internationalize the text
From 1 comment
Can you internationalize the texts?
Shorel on HN
Show latest version and upgrade notice
From 1 comment
Suggestion: Check the version against the latest release and kindly notify visitors if a newer release is available. Provide the link to make it easy to upgrade. I've often had…
ddffnn on HN
Webhook or email sharing
From 2 comments
Cool. How about adding a way to automatically fire off a web hook after sniffing the information. As in: "Thanks for reporting the issue. Would you mind following this link so…
jasonkester on HNI think if you add a "share via e-mail" feature right underneath it, it would be awesome.
robbiea on HN
Questions
What is the point of this tool?
From 1 comment
Not a criticism at all but what is the point of this? This is a genuine question, I have no idea why this seems important/interesting enough to be No 1 on HN. What am I missing?
SeanDav on HN
Why is JavaScript required to see details?
From 1 comment
A couple of things: I have cookies and javascript turned off in Chrome on Android. This apparently is too much to handle as I keep getting the standard rails request failure…
stanleydrew on HN
Alternatives named
supportdetails.com
From 3 comments
There's also supportdetails.com which has a feature to let you customise [1] the recipient email etc so people can easily forward the details through to you. [1]…
aidos on HNI use http://supportdetails.com/ . It's solved this problem for me since atleast the last 4 years.
sanat on HNhttp://supportdetails.com/ still more useful, but nice work.
ritcho on HN
browser-details.com
From 1 comment
Wow, talk about synchronicity... I put up our site doing the exact same thing last night! Design-wise you're definitely ahead, however. :-) Our version is at…
jonasvp on HN
whatismybrowser.com
From 1 comment
http://www.whatismybrowser.com/ is nicer looking.
xsaero00 on HN
playerversion.com
From 1 comment
Can you add the info about Flash Player too? Like this: http://playerversion.com/
artjumble on HN
panopticlick.eff.org
From 1 comment
Woefully incomplete - you aren't even exploring navigator.plugins, installed fonts, DOM storage settings, etc. https://panopticlick.eff.org/index.php?action=log&js=yes
ck2 on HN