[SOLVED] Option to disable display of OS and Browser on posts?

jeremy · 08-20-2009, 03:36 PM

http://showip.net/check_user_agent.php will show your current user agent.

--jeremy

GrapefruiTgirl · 08-20-2009, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeebizz

Yea, but mine seems to have disappeared!

[edit]
and now its back!

When you do a "Quick Reply" it doesn't appear right away -- not till the page is reloaded.

Sasha

pwc101 · 08-20-2009, 03:40 PM

What might be nice would be if the image were a link to the distro's homepage (or the LQWiki article), unless it's the generic tux, of course.

Jeebizz · 08-20-2009, 03:42 PM

Right I see. I still kinda think maybe the browser portion would be a good idea too. But thats just me.

Jeebizz · 08-20-2009, 03:44 PM

ERrrm guys, look at any threads on general, the logo seems to be coming up twice. Maybe a glitch?

jeremy · 08-20-2009, 03:44 PM

I've moved the icon to be inline with the other post-related icons.

--jeremy

GrapefruiTgirl · 08-20-2009, 03:49 PM

I see no weirdness in /General but maybe it's been fixed?

@jeremy: I think it looks neater/better there, in-line with the others.

Sasha

MensaWater · 08-20-2009, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jschiwal

This could look bad when I'm at work and a Windows logo is stuck to the message.

Exactly - I don't want people in forums to disregard my posts because I happened to do them from my company provided Windoze workstation.

karamarisan · 08-20-2009, 04:12 PM

Jeremy - great feature. As several posters have said, it might be worthwhile to have an override (perhaps on a per-IP basis, if that's not a pain?), but this will save a lot of time that would otherwise be wasted on 'We can't help you if we don't know what distro you're running!' posts.

One thing, though: Would it be possible to change the Fedora icon to the infinity/f logo (like this - I'd be happy to track down or make a smaller version for you if you need it)? Right now it's a red hat, which is a little confusing.

sycamorex · 08-20-2009, 04:23 PM

Is CentOS supported? FF in CentOS has a few options in useragent:

Code:

general.useragent.extra.firefox;CentOS/Firefox/3.0.12
general.useragent.vendor;CentOS
general.useragent.vendorSub;3.0.12-1.el5.centos

...and I still get Tux

Jeebizz · 08-20-2009, 04:26 PM

Just want to see the FreeBSD logo for a sec.

heehee

Franklin · 08-20-2009, 06:33 PM

I just noticed this too. I'm mostly relieved that this hasn't been going on for months without me seeing it!

MBybee · 08-20-2009, 06:38 PM

I like it - it's kinda cool

As some people pointed out already, a few of us post during quiet minutes at work, or from a work sanctioned VM

jstephens84 · 08-20-2009, 07:41 PM

I like it. I am posting with linux Mint. So we will see if that works. Can anyone tell me if using say Linux Mint would I need to surrond the options with double quotes due to spacing or does it matter?

Oh how easily am I amused.

GrapefruiTgirl · 08-20-2009, 07:51 PM

I'd guess quotes are not needed.. But test over Here and try "mint" by itself (minus the quotes of course)..

Then again, we don't yet know what-all OS's exactly are recognized.

Sasha