Alternative browser that can fake user agent? [answered]
asked 2014-11-27 23:57:24 +0300
Like on BB10, the native browser experience in Jolla is poor because some websites send basic mobile pages instead of customised ones.
On BB10 I bought Evolution Browser so that I can fake the user agent as Android, which works well.
I tried Opera for Android but I don't see a fake Android setting, only mobile and desktop. I remember in Opera desktop there were several choices. It also suffers from non correctable localisation, displaying in the network language.
I don't want to use Chrome, if it also works.
I had no success searching for 'browser' in the Jolla Store.
UPDATE: I see Webcat mentioned in some other thread, I will try it. I see that it appears in the store if one searches for 'web browser'. Initial testing looks promising, great faking. Scrolling menus should be improved. As this is a Sailfish app, it displays in the system language correctly.
I will continue configuring the phone and investigating showstoppers.
UPDATE: The answer is Firefox with the Phony add-on. It displays directly in the system language, so maybe the Android apps showing in the network language is more their own fault.
So.. If you answered your question yourself you can close it also.
torcida ( 2014-11-28 01:31:10 +0300 )I now installed Dolphin Browser, the Android setting works. I have to check the experience, given that it is an Android app.
pulsar ( 2014-11-28 01:48:25 +0300 )Removed feature-request tag, as there are other questions asking that
pulsar ( 2014-11-28 01:59:36 +0300 )BTW, Dolphin launches in the network language, but the setting can be changed in the app (assuming you don't get lost in the wrong language menus).
pulsar ( 2014-11-28 02:06:48 +0300 )