Re: [bug #57884] wget reveals my operating system to the server

[Bruno Haible]

address@hidden wrote:
> I wonder about the reason given: "To avoid compatibility issues."
> That was - if I recall correctly - the reason for having the string
> to start with: So that servers can format pages to suit the capabilities
> of the browser and version used.

That was how web applications were written 15-20 years ago. 10 years ago, the
browser capabilities are queried by the JavaScript toolkit [1][2]. Nowadays,
they prefer feature detection in JavaScript.

Bruno

[1] https://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/1.7/quickstart/browser-sniffing.html
[2] https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.browser/