I use Chrome just for work online, and because updates screw up my settings, I've stayed with v. 68, and I want a UA that says "Chrome 77" or another recent #
Each selection lists the settings for various OSes and browsers. You want to make sure the one you select fits your OS and the Chrome version you want to use.
Windows NT 6.1; Win 64; x64 and Chrome 68.0.3440.106 are what you have selected for Chrome - that looks OK.
You would need to select the line with the Chrome 77 in it instead of the Chrome 68 from your image.
The Mozilla, Apple WebKit, and Safari apply if you are using those browsers. Each line shows you what the UA setting will be for a variety of browsers. There isn't one exclusively for Windows 7 64 bit and Chrome.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/77.0.3865.90 Safari/537.36
All the alternate entries are basically for compatibility. Browsers pretending to be other browsers. That's why you're trying to change it in the first place right? For more info: https://webaim.org/blog/user-agent-string-history/
Trying to make Chrome 68 look like a newer one. Got it.
The history is a hoot. Wasn't there something like that in Firefox years ago? Maybe an Easter egg?
more recently than that article:
"And Opera was good, and there was great rejoicing in using it as a secondary browser, but Opera became a Chrome-lookalike after v. 15 (?), and there was a great roar of uninstalling throughout the land."
Last edited by foxy; October 2nd, 2019 at 04:11 PM.
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Waterfox Classic/Chrome / Firefox 115esr
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You would need to select the line with the Chrome 77 in it instead of the Chrome 68 from your image.
The Mozilla, Apple WebKit, and Safari apply if you are using those browsers. Each line shows you what the UA setting will be for a variety of browsers. There isn't one exclusively for Windows 7 64 bit and Chrome.
I did choose 77, it switched back to 68, as viewed on mozillazine.org.
Win7 Ult/ 3.40 GHZ Intel Core i5-3570K /ASRock mobo Z77 Pro4 /SSD/ EUFI MS 3400 MHZ/8 GB RAM; Win 7 Ult/Verizon FIOS wired network
Waterfox Classic/Chrome / Firefox 115esr
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"The medium is the message." - Marshall McLuhan