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Suggestion: OS & browser info
Suggestion: OS & browser info
it would be cool for the forum to display a poster's OS and browser info (like in fedora forums):
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Re: Suggestion: OS & browser info
So we can tell who is posting from Win? LQ does that as well but I am not so sure it is an added value here. I have seen such info inspire many flamewars.infestor wrote:it would be cool for the forum to display a poster's OS and browser info (like in fedora forums):
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Spreading the tradition of Community Spirit.
Please read some Basic Forum Philosophy
Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish, he eats for life.
Updated Nov. 19, 2012
Re: Suggestion: OS & browser info
This forum didn't cease to exist without that feature.
Last edited by edbarx on 2013-02-02 20:18, edited 2 times in total.
Debian == { > 30, 000 packages }; Debian != systemd
The worst infection of all, is a false sense of security!
It is hard to get away from CLI tools.
The worst infection of all, is a false sense of security!
It is hard to get away from CLI tools.
Re: Suggestion: OS & browser info
I would be like. 'This is my clever disguise. I am posing as one of them. For GNU. For FREEDOM!'
Always on Debian Testing
Re: Suggestion: OS & browser info
It does not bother me, but the truly "cynical" might consider displaying such information a violation of privacy.
Re: Suggestion: OS & browser info
You might be posting using tor - so it's pointless...
You might be posting from your workplace using windows - also pointless...
Knowing what OS someone is using at a given time - is pointless...
You might be posting from your workplace using windows - also pointless...
Knowing what OS someone is using at a given time - is pointless...
Re: Suggestion: OS & browser info
That is what I was thinking. Why do they care. Perhaps you don't have net at home and use library. Endless possibilities and it doesn't matter to begin with.cynwulf wrote:You might be posting from your workplace using windows - also pointless...
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Re: Suggestion: OS & browser info
This thread isn't enough?infestor wrote:it would be cool for the forum to display a poster's OS and browser info (like in fedora forums):