From: Me@Guy.com   
      
   Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:   
      
   > >    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9)   
   > >    Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0   
   > >   
   > > What determines (or why is there) such a difference in the string   
   > > that is created for the User-Agent?  Especially since they seem   
   > > to be the same version of Thunderbird (2.0.0.9) ?   
   >   
   > because the person using the second one is using an extension   
   > called mnenhy, which allows one to change the UA.   
      
   The UA string quoted above does not seem very original, cute, or   
   personal.  It seems to be painfully obtuse, mundane, dry, or a default   
   of some kind.   
      
   Why would someone go to the trouble to seek out and install "mnenhy"   
   and NOT change, alter or otherwise customize their UA string if that   
   is the purpose of "mnenhy" ?   
      
   > With the second one, it also gives you more information,   
   > such as the person is using windowsXP.  All the first one   
   > tells you is the person is using windows, and thats all.   
      
   Why would it benefit me (or some web-server) to know such details if   
   that were my system?   
      
   And why does the default install of Firefox _not_ configure the UA   
   string to include those details if they are beneficial?   
      
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