http://harper.wirelessink.com/2007/09/20/vodafone-uk-is-clearly-wrong-the-user-agent-string-issue/ One World. No Borders. 3 Billion Connected People. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:33:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://harper.wirelessink.com/2007/09/20/vodafone-uk-is-clearly-wrong-the-user-agent-string-issue/#comment-8184 David Harper’s Different Things » Blog Archive » Save the Moble Web from Vodafone. Actions to Take. Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:38:16 +0000 http://harper.wirelessink.com/?p=134#comment-8184 [...] David Harper’s Different Things One World. No Borders. 3 Billion Connected People. « Vodafone UK is Clearly Wrong - The User-Agent String Issue [...] […] David Harper’s Different Things One World. No Borders. 3 Billion Connected People. « Vodafone UK is Clearly Wrong - The User-Agent String Issue […]

]]> http://harper.wirelessink.com/2007/09/20/vodafone-uk-is-clearly-wrong-the-user-agent-string-issue/#comment-8181 Smoothplanet » Blog Archive » Hiding user-agent, Vodafone sucks! Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:40:42 +0000 http://harper.wirelessink.com/?p=134#comment-8181 [...] Vodafone Betavine David Harper: Vodafone UK is Clearly Wrong - The User-Agent String Issue Permalink | Posted in MobileWeb [...] […] Vodafone Betavine David Harper: Vodafone UK is Clearly Wrong - The User-Agent String Issue Permalink | Posted in MobileWeb […]

]]> http://harper.wirelessink.com/2007/09/20/vodafone-uk-is-clearly-wrong-the-user-agent-string-issue/#comment-8178 Vodafone’s Heavy-Handed Transcoder at Wap Review Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:15:59 +0000 http://harper.wirelessink.com/?p=134#comment-8178 [...] Mobile Web developers and content providers are up in arms and rightly so about Vodafone's actions.  A grass-roots campaign has been mounted by Luca Passani, co-author of the open source WURFL library which is used by thousands of sites to determine the capabilities of phones hitting their sites.  WURFL of course relies on the User-Agent.   Winksite co-founder, David Harper  has also denounced Vodafone's actions as have mobile usability expert Barbara Ballard and Mobile Monday founder Mike Rowehl.  Today the mainstream tech press started to pick this story up with items on Techcruch UK and InfoWorld.This is a serious issue.  Vodafone is clearly wrong.  As defined by the W3C, the purpose of the User-Agent header is to identify the originating browser.  More importantly Vodafone is breaking a long established de-facto standard in mobile-web development that the User-Agent is the best way to identify a particular handset for the purpose of optimizing content delivery.  Vodafone is breaking the mobile web.  As the second largest mobile carrier in the world they have enormous power and are setting a dangerous precedent.  If you are a mobile developer or user who wants to see quality content please let your voice be heard.  Things you can do: [...] […] Mobile Web developers and content providers are up in arms and rightly so about Vodafone’s actions.  A grass-roots campaign has been mounted by Luca Passani, co-author of the open source WURFL library which is used by thousands of sites to determine the capabilities of phones hitting their sites.  WURFL of course relies on the User-Agent.   Winksite co-founder, David Harper  has also denounced Vodafone’s actions as have mobile usability expert Barbara Ballard and Mobile Monday founder Mike Rowehl.  Today the mainstream tech press started to pick this story up with items on Techcruch UK and InfoWorld.This is a serious issue.  Vodafone is clearly wrong.  As defined by the W3C, the purpose of the User-Agent header is to identify the originating browser.  More importantly Vodafone is breaking a long established de-facto standard in mobile-web development that the User-Agent is the best way to identify a particular handset for the purpose of optimizing content delivery.  Vodafone is breaking the mobile web.  As the second largest mobile carrier in the world they have enormous power and are setting a dangerous precedent.  If you are a mobile developer or user who wants to see quality content please let your voice be heard.  Things you can do: […]

]]> http://harper.wirelessink.com/2007/09/20/vodafone-uk-is-clearly-wrong-the-user-agent-string-issue/#comment-8173 Vodafone Mobile Web (User-Agent) Debacle | …about mobility - the mobility weblog Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:11:37 +0000 http://harper.wirelessink.com/?p=134#comment-8173 [...] Today I read on multiple weblogs (Mike Rowehl, Barbara Ballard, David Harper), about Luca Passani’s rant on Vodafone’s mishandling of the User-Agent HTTP header. [...] […] Today I read on multiple weblogs (Mike Rowehl, Barbara Ballard, David Harper), about Luca Passani’s rant on Vodafone’s mishandling of the User-Agent HTTP header. […]

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