[tor-bugs] #26352 [Applications/Tor Browser]: When using "request desktop site" in Orfox, a mobile phone User-Agent gets sent instead of a desktop browser User-Agent

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#26352: When using "request desktop site" in Orfox, a mobile phone User-Agent gets
sent instead of a desktop browser User-Agent
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks               |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:  tbb-mobile
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 = What happens =
 When I request a web page normally, the following User-Agent header gets
 sent by Orfox:

 {{{
 Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Mobile; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0

 }}}
 ''This is the correct behavior.''

 However, when I select ''Menu'' > ''Request desktop site'', the same User-
 Agent is ''also'' sent. (You can see this e.g.
 [http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ here].) Because of this, websites will still
 return the mobile version of a website instead of the desktop website.

 You can try this at, for example, [http://google.com google.com].

 == What should happen instead ==
 When using ''"Request desktop site"'', a User-Agent for a desktop browser
 should be sent instead of that of a mobile browser. The normal Firefox for
 Android does this correctly.

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