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Bug 20666 - Should define navigator.product for web compatibility
Summary: Should define navigator.product for web compatibility
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
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Depends on: 20665
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Reported: 2013-01-14 19:17 UTC by Edward O'Connor
Modified: 2013-03-09 02:02 UTC (History)
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Description Edward O'Connor 2013-01-14 19:17:32 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #20665 +++

As we continue to improve IE's engine such that it runs more of the non-IE based web, we've seen that it is now necessary to support the navigator.product attribute. It should simply return "Gecko".

This behavior is already present in Chrome and Firefox, and IE will be adding it soon.

Consider this for HTML5 as well to codify this behavior for interoperability and actual site compatibility.
Comment 1 contributor 2013-03-09 02:02:37 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r7747.
Check-in comment: Needed for compatibility.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7746&to=7747