Reviews for User-Agent Switcher
User-Agent Switcher by ntninja
Review by Firefox user 14443931
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 14443931, 8 years agoThis is a good estension because it spoof others navigator values in about config. I found a bug, after choice a browser prefecence do not update the vendor value. Some browser like Google Chrome have a vendor "Google Inc." or Opera Browser have vendor "Opera Software ASA", firefox have vendor empy "". I suggest to add the spoof of vendor like others navigator values. This is one of few estension that really spoof in serious mode because there are many value to change not only useragents to spoof a browser. Take into consideration the idea to change the value of vendor because it is important and some browsers communicate it to the sites to be identified. Have a nice day.
Update 06 December 2018.
1) I found some incorrect value in this estension, I added the complete image of all navigator values for firefox and Google Chrome, please adapt the estension to show correct value because some site can block browser with incorrect navigator data.
https://imgur.com/60y4pBI
https://imgur.com/PYMcFRS
2) There are a bug, when you choice some useragent must be show oscpu null "" otherwise show original os in the machine. The user agent setted show a user agent (in my foto android) but oscpu (in google chrome is always null "") show real os (in my chase windows 7).
ThIs is a bug important to fix because show a conflict of the os from the user agent setted and oscpu grabbed via javascript.
https://imgur.com/jyfmyCk
I look in the estension there are a javascript file to set the navigator to show after choice an user agent, please look the 2 image added to adapt the estension to show correct values, i added image from firefox and google chrome with complete navigator list values.
Thanks your work.
Update 06 December 2018.
1) I found some incorrect value in this estension, I added the complete image of all navigator values for firefox and Google Chrome, please adapt the estension to show correct value because some site can block browser with incorrect navigator data.
https://imgur.com/60y4pBI
https://imgur.com/PYMcFRS
2) There are a bug, when you choice some useragent must be show oscpu null "" otherwise show original os in the machine. The user agent setted show a user agent (in my foto android) but oscpu (in google chrome is always null "") show real os (in my chase windows 7).
ThIs is a bug important to fix because show a conflict of the os from the user agent setted and oscpu grabbed via javascript.
https://imgur.com/jyfmyCk
I look in the estension there are a javascript file to set the navigator to show after choice an user agent, please look the 2 image added to adapt the estension to show correct values, i added image from firefox and google chrome with complete navigator list values.
Thanks your work.
Developer response
posted 8 years agoThank you for your feedback! I've created an issue for the mentioned problem at https://gitlab.com/ntninja/user-agent-switcher/issues/52.
572 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by raman, 8 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by hf, 11 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by iralakaelah, 11 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by fidgeter, 11 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by cabbage, 12 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by LS, 20 days agoID options are outdated browser versions, thus, addon does not work for sites with sensitive "unsupported browser" settings, meaning certain sites will block you.
Either
1. offer up-to-date ID options
2. enable easy "toggle off" or "whitelist" option so I don't have to keep disabling the addon every single time I need to log in to such an abovementioned website. - Rated 5 out of 5by Calico cat, a month agoWorked like magic to get around the Google Drive "browser no longer supported" road block.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18268832, 2 months agoI was able to bypass an automatic captcha check on a webiste that I needed to login
- Rated 5 out of 5by Judarist Fullstack Procoder, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17079201, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19829301, 4 months agoA good extension is User-Agent Switcher. This extension allows you to change your real device identity to a virtual one. For example, if you can’t access a website from your mobile device because it requires a computer, you can open User-Agent Switcher and select a desktop device type and operating system — and vice versa.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Faliwim, 4 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Weeky, 5 months agoYoutube videos pause and buffer infinitely at exactly 1 minute with this addon enabled, used to not do that
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rafael, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Pawel, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by malau, 6 months agoI was whining to Gemini about Google Maps and YouTube being horrendously slow compared to Chromium browsers. It recommended a User Switcher app. I installed this one and HOLY CRAP ! Google Maps in streetview moves at Chrome speed !
- Rated 1 out of 5by Vykro, 7 months agoThis extension does way more harm than good.
While it does seem to do what it claims to be doing, in practice using this is shooting yourself in the foot.
This is because it appears that with this extension active and set to pretend to be a different browser, websites perceive you as a bot.
On a vast amount of websites you will run into an impassable cloudflare captcha verification screen. You try to solve it - it fails and loops back around. It will keep failing until you deactivate this extension.
On youtube, any comments you leave will be automatically shadowbanned. Presumably because it detects you as a spam bot.
So I honestly don't see much point in using this. - Rated 5 out of 5by Ana, 8 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Cyberdyne, 8 months agoOn the surface, a simple extension. Underneath, a powerful extension that enables you to view websites often in ways that run faster and disable pushing their APP to your phone. I consider it more advanced power user stuff, so I do wish there was a way to simplify things visually for more people to enjoy the advantages here. Maybe even a built-in database of known good user agents per website.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Pontiac, 8 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by fgxxr, 9 months agoEasy to use (although a bit confusing if you're using it for the first time) and does as advertised.
The only issue I've seen recently is that videos on YouTube stop playing after a few seconds and an unexplained error prevents the video from playing every single time. Disabling this add-on instantly resolved this issue. I will change the rating to a 5-star as soon as I find a way for the addon to work again without this disturbance, or this issue is patched.