Reviews for Random User-Agent (Switcher)
Random User-Agent (Switcher) by Paramtamtam
213 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by zynex, 6 years agoUsually works really good. Might break some pages (like YouTube), but it's easy to disable it temporarily if it does. I have one problem with it though, the settings for what browser to spoof isn't saved. I clean out everything when exiting the browser, and somehow this revert the changes back to defaults (to Chrome). Not sure how the settings are saved, but they are lost every time i exit.
Also, an option to change the agent on every reload (instead of just after X mins) would be nice.
[EDIT] Got the settings to be saved by disabling Sync extension settings between browsers. Just a tip if other experience the save problem. The error occurs if you also purging the browser data on exit. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14528261, 6 years agoI would continue to use Random User-Agent, however, I had to uninstall due to its breaking of Youtube. With RUA enabled on Firefox, YT's homepage yields only grayed-out slots where the videos should be shown -- obviously I can't interact with anything, let alone watch a video.
This error persists across the most recent versions of both Firefox and Waterfox. I had to disable all of my extensions and turn them on, one-by-one, and in the end, only RUA has this effect on Youtube.
Will gladly re-install in the future if this problem is resolved. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14532936, 6 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14505634, 6 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Akilrajas, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14474327, 6 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Janetli, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14362072, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12425702, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by samyueru_beityosef_benmayumi, 6 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12682261, 6 years agoWell thought-through simple user-friendly interface. There are some issues with it interfering with the functionality of some Web sites (e.g. LinkedIn). I'm not sure why that's the case. If it wasn't for this, it would be a great add-on.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 12635333, 6 years agoThis is a good plugin, but for some reason when I pick "Chrome" in the settings, I get Safari instead of Chrome. And the plugin apparently doesn't change window.navigator.platform , I don't know if it lacks permissions to be able to do this, but it would be an important feature for spoofing the OS
- Rated 5 out of 5by mk.pl, 6 years agothis is the best user-agent addon.
it has all the features you need.
best of all it is well put together and incredibly smooth. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14033039, 6 years agoMain problem is the user agent isn't per-site. There are several user agent switchers that work per site, and several that randomize, but im still looking for one that does both to actually fill the role.
From a "user agent tracking" perspective, random spoofing per site prevents user agent based tracking (though of course there are other methods) within a single session, without this feature it somewhat defeats the point as if you're on two sites within the same random cycle you'll still be user agent matched. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14121704, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by *Kim Zick, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14071291, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14063547, 6 years agoSomehow this addon will cause Twitter's input box stop working (can not cut or paste).
Firefox 60.0.1 64Bit
Windows 10 Pro 64bit - Rated 5 out of 5by Nero, 6 years agoKlein und funktioniert top! Einstellungen sind ebenfalls top! Vielen Dank!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14042825, 6 years agoDoes the job well and the best random user agent switcher I found so far. Consider adding Chrome for Android so that there can be a few versions (latest and some early versions of chrome for mobile) of that user agent, the more the better. Consider keeping the user agents updated and more randomized from time to time so that websites do not blacklist certain user-agents. Overall I see great potential in your add on and hope you keep it updated for a long time and keep it growing with functions.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14037993, 6 years agoGreat job -- minimal and effective. Thank you for developing this.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14028631, 6 years agoWorks great! You need to add user agents for several Android browsers, everything else works fine.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13976039, 6 years agoWorks as expected, easy to use: install and forget. Been using it for months, don't plan to stop using it.