Reviews for Google Search Fixer
Google Search Fixer by Thomas Wisniewski, Rob W
1,423 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13714963, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13714757, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13713754, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by rafal955, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13706283, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by booterbrought, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13700653, 7 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13462753, 7 years agowhat is the different to this older addon? :
Chrome UA on Google for Firefox Android
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/android/addon/chrome-ua-on-google-android/Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for letting me know about this other addon! Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but based on their source code, the differences are minor, but enough that I feel this is a worthwhile alternative:
- This addon specifically only overrides Google Search pages, not all Google apps/subdomains like maps (since they don't all need this treatment like Search does).
- This addon uses a tablet user-agent string if you're using Firefox on a tablet, rather than just always spoofing a phone user-agent string.
- This addon adds "FxQuantum/version" to the user-agent string it uses, so if anyone is paying attention they will know that you're not actually using Chrome (which may not achieve anything, but I still feel it's worth doing so).
- This addon keeps the major Chrome version number it uses equal to your running Firefox version plus 4, so the addon may not require as many updates (it should effectively always present itself like the latest version of Mobile Chrome).
- This addon overrides the user-agent string in not just the HTTP headers Google Search sees, but also its Javascripts' navigator.userAgent value. This may not make much of a difference, but I've seen instances in Google code in my day-job where they read both, so I kept it thorough. - Rated 2 out of 5by daniel, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13658432, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13696309, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13695970, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by index.html, 7 years agoWorks great to change the search appearance.
One small issue: since the UA is one that's reported by a real Android device, this results in a new "LG Nexus 5" entry in Google's "Recently Used Devices" list (myaccount.google.com/device-activity). I spent a while digging through my activity log to figure out if someone used my account on another phone before figuring out that this extension caused the entry to show up. Using some bogus Android model might work better for the purposes of this extension.Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks so much for the heads up, but it looks like I can't find a magical value to use that will fool that page into showing "Google Search Fixer" on that list. They actually seem to be guessing at a device model based on the Android version number in the string, and maybe the navigator.platform value, as no matter what navigator properties I fiddle with I can only get it to say "LG Nexus 4", "Samsung Galaxy Edge S7", or "Asus Nexus 7 (2013)". I think I'll just have to jot down a note in the addon description so that other users are aware of this. - Rated 2 out of 5by Jenni WM, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13514869, 7 years agoافزونه بسیار کارآمد و بدرد بخوری هستش!
So Good
Thanks♥ - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13674576, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rogodra, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13321344, 7 years ago