ORCID website should detect browser based on features and not userAgent strings

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Angel

• January 12, 2018 15:00

While using the PaleMoon browser, I've found that orcid.org uses browser detection based on useragent and not on features, as it should be. Palemoon is an up-to-date alternative originally derived from Firefox. It does have the functionality of a modern browser. However, the ORCID site detects it as "We notice you are using an older browser" If I change the useragent to mimic Firefox, the warning goes away, which proves detection is based on useragent.

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  Gabriela Mejias

  • March 13, 2018 11:48

  Hello,

  Thank you for your feedback.

  Please note that PaleMoon is not a supported browser. We have updated the error message to indicate when a browser is not supported.

  More info bout supported browsers: https://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/articles/1804765-technical-requirements-for-using-the-orcid-site

  Kind regards,
  ORCID Community Team

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  Christian Pietsch

  • March 13, 2018 12:22

  I strongly believe that declining this suggestion is wrong. This is not a feature request asking ORCID to support an esoteric browser. This is a bug report. Using a standards-conforming browser based on Firefox, Angel showed that the ORCID website does not conform to web standards because it refuses to work unless certain user agent strings are transmitted (which are easy to fake). Please discuss this suggestion with the developers.

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  ORCID (EMEA)

  • March 23, 2018 14:32

  Please note that the user agent string is used to toggle the "officially supported browser" message, but it does not alter the functionality of the site. The user's experience shouldn't be downgraded based on user agent string. Have any of you experienced any behavior issues? If so, please let us know so that we can investigate. Best regards, ORCID Community Team

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