[analog-help] Converting user agent strings

Aengus analog at eircom.net
Thu Nov 2 19:04:24 PST 2006


On Thursday, November 02, 2006 8:27 PM [EDT],
David Gewirtz <david at ZATZ.com> wrote:

> How does Analog process user agent strings? They're so inconsistent,
> it doesn't seem algorithmically possible to identify browser and OS.
> Rather, my guess is that it would be necessary to do some form of
> table lookup. But with the new browsers out this month, do we need to
> update a specific table? Does Analog get its information from a
> downloadable list? Is there such a list that's updated regularly?

The logic is hardcoded.

http://lists.meer.net/pipermail/analog-help/2006-October/020004.html

Aengus


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