Comments on: Hijacking HTTP headers starring Vodafone http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/2009/09/hijacking-http-headers-starring-vodafone/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:04 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/2009/09/hijacking-http-headers-starring-vodafone/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Michael Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:04 +0000 http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/?p=204#comment-187 Hi Danny, Thanks for your reply. Your right, nowadays many people use third-party browsers. IMHO it depends on the target audience; e.g. Slashdot's audience will by far have a larger variety of third-party browsers over native browsers than a mobile site which renders sport-stats.. Eventually there will be the need of recognition (by manufacturers, carriers and third-party browsers) for a more universal approach. WURFL is on the right track on this one! -Michael Hi Danny,

Thanks for your reply.

Your right, nowadays many people use third-party browsers. IMHO it depends on the target audience; e.g. Slashdot’s audience will by far have a larger variety of third-party browsers over native browsers than a mobile site which renders sport-stats..

Eventually there will be the need of recognition (by manufacturers, carriers and third-party browsers) for a more universal approach. WURFL is on the right track on this one!

-Michael

]]> By: Danny http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/2009/09/hijacking-http-headers-starring-vodafone/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Danny Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:36:04 +0000 http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/?p=204#comment-186 We are currently trialling a front end service which uses Wurfl. Seems to work well so far. We have found 4 or 5 providers of such a service - "Handset Detection" seems to be the industy term... The other issue when it comes to detection is the fact that a lot of people are now not using the native mobile browser - so often, it becomes harder to recognise their actual phone handset... We are currently trialling a front end service which uses Wurfl. Seems to work well so far. We have found 4 or 5 providers of such a service – “Handset Detection” seems to be the industy term…

The other issue when it comes to detection is the fact that a lot of people are now not using the native mobile browser – so often, it becomes harder to recognise their actual phone handset…

]]> By: Hijacking Http Headers Starring Vodafone | Michael Wolbert’s Blog http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/2009/09/hijacking-http-headers-starring-vodafone/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Hijacking Http Headers Starring Vodafone | Michael Wolbert’s Blog Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:08:57 +0000 http://michaelwolbert.nl/blog/?p=204#comment-185 [...] The reformat proxy changed the HTTP_USER_AGENT header to a desktop browser version [sigh]. HTTP_X_DEVICE_USER_AGENT is a non-standard HTTP header. Hijacking HTTP headers is great sport, way to go Vodafone! …More [...] [...] The reformat proxy changed the HTTP_USER_AGENT header to a desktop browser version [sigh]. HTTP_X_DEVICE_USER_AGENT is a non-standard HTTP header. Hijacking HTTP headers is great sport, way to go Vodafone! …More [...]

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