Reviews for User-Agent Switcher
User-Agent Switcher by ntninja
Review by Firefox user 13998002
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 13998002, 7 years agoThis extension is fantastic! I didn't check all of the settings that are included with the extension but what i needed it for it did superb!
I use Firefox for Android on my 18" Samsung Android Tablet and I get tired of having to check the little box to get the desktop version of websites. Like Google, for instance, I prefer Google's desktop version of their site over the mobile version, especially when the search results load.
I tried to find a way to make the desktop site the default of Firefox for Android and there is an extension that does exactly that but it is incompatible with my device so i did a little thinking outside the box. I remembered there used to be a way to make a web browser, as well as the device it is installed on, appear to a web site to be different than the actual device and browser being used. If a web site detects I am using Linux as opposed to Android which is what I am really using, then it would show the desktop version of it's site since Linux is only installed on a desktop pc while Android (although a variant of Linux) is only installed on mobile devices.
It worked! If need be I can also switch back to Android or just switch it off too! The Windows selection didn't work for me on my Android Tablet but there's other options to choose from. Thank you so much for this extension!
I use Firefox for Android on my 18" Samsung Android Tablet and I get tired of having to check the little box to get the desktop version of websites. Like Google, for instance, I prefer Google's desktop version of their site over the mobile version, especially when the search results load.
I tried to find a way to make the desktop site the default of Firefox for Android and there is an extension that does exactly that but it is incompatible with my device so i did a little thinking outside the box. I remembered there used to be a way to make a web browser, as well as the device it is installed on, appear to a web site to be different than the actual device and browser being used. If a web site detects I am using Linux as opposed to Android which is what I am really using, then it would show the desktop version of it's site since Linux is only installed on a desktop pc while Android (although a variant of Linux) is only installed on mobile devices.
It worked! If need be I can also switch back to Android or just switch it off too! The Windows selection didn't work for me on my Android Tablet but there's other options to choose from. Thank you so much for this extension!
546 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18285487, 7 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16926458, 17 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Xenofox, 25 days agoI use this extension for many years now. But sadly the development is very slow. It's very outdated, you're stuck with very old and on many websites not anymore supported browser-versions to choose from like Firefox 134, Firefox 128 ESR, Safari 17, Edge 131. Also no matter which browser you choose from, on browserleaks.com/javascript its still possible to see that mozilla is used (the parameter appCodeName shows "Mozilla". So Mister ntninja update the extension please!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19437637, a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by ArtchibalD, 2 months agoPlease add a redefinition for Yandex Browser (Window), because I'm tired of seeing annoying ads in Firefox every time I search!
PS: Windows / Yandex 25 [Desktop]: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:135.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/135.0 - didn't work - Rated 4 out of 5by cj, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by frostbyte, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by E.C., 4 months agoThanks, I can see high quality Facebook Reels on Firefox because of this extension
- Rated 3 out of 5by Nocturne, 4 months agodoesnt keep itself isolated using "only for this site" pref. Apparently it enables selected UA for *all* sites, and for ones you didn't want you have to opt-out... Not best UX
- Rated 5 out of 5by seanS, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by TurboZag, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by iM, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by TheK0tYaRa, 4 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Adrien, 5 months agoPlante instantanément Firefox mobile.
Instantly crashes Firefox mobile. - Rated 3 out of 5by Synetech, 5 months agoThis used to be the most functional useragent-switcher (even if the UI/UX was left wanting), but even this doesn't seem to work anymore. 😕
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14946084, 5 months agoAlthough this extension doesn't solve my issue completely (hating how Facebook looks and works), I am able to easily convince FB that my laptop is a mobile device which makes it more tolerable.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19031318, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by 猫jan, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by jorge, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by WhoAboutYT, 6 months agoI love it, I use the user-agent switcher because sites like Roblox believe firefox is "suspicious" and will serve you 10 Captchas if you are on Firefox