{"id":14343,"date":"2022-02-17T16:36:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/17\/chrome-and-firefox-go-to-100-potentially-breaking-websites\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:36:10","slug":"chrome-and-firefox-go-to-100-potentially-breaking-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/17\/chrome-and-firefox-go-to-100-potentially-breaking-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome and Firefox Go to 100, Potentially Breaking Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to both Google and Mozilla, Firefox<\/a> and Chrome<\/a> are rapidly approaching version 100, which the browser makers say could break some websites. Sometimes, cranking it to 100 can do damage.<\/p>\n

Google Chrome is scheduled to reach version 100 on\u00a0March 29, 2022, which is right around the corner. Firefox has a little more time, as it\u2019ll reach version 100 on\u00a0May 3, 2022.<\/p>\n

Mozilla and Google (via Bleeping Computer<\/a>) both started testing whether version 100 would cause issues, and it does appear that some pretty major websites are having problems.<\/p>\n

Basically, when you visit a website\u00a0the browser\u2019s user-agent is sent along with the request for a web page. When the browser sends a version number with three digits, it could cause all sorts of issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout a single specification to follow, different browsers have different formats for the User-Agent string, and site-specific User-Agent parsing. It\u2019s possible that some parsing libraries may have hard-coded assumptions or bugs that don\u2019t take into account three-digit major version numbers,\u201d said Mozilla in a blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both browsers will continue to experiment ahead of the release of version 100, but it seems both Mozilla and Google have plans in place to freeze\u00a0the user-agent<\/a> at version 99 to prevent issues. We\u2019ll have to wait and see if this ends up being a big deal when version 100 of each browser releases, but it\u2019s definitely something worth keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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