is it normal that the result of google are os-specific?

[chriskin]

googling the same word brings different outcome on ubuntu and windows. is this normal?

is it because of the ubuntu edition of firefox or is google sending different results?

(it is probably a stupid question eh? :) )

:popcorn:

[ice60]

yes it's normal google looks at the user agent. on youtube right now i changed my user agent to be windows xp and there's an ad about google chrome on the page, when i change the user agent back to linux it goes away.

i changed my user agent to 'monkey toaster' once, i admit someone else thought of it first though lol.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=402329&postcount=32

[chriskin]

can you tell me how i can make it look like i am from windows?

edit : nice cursors by the way, i checked the thread on your signature :)

[Mr. Picklesworth]

Yep, and with the most recent Google Ads stuff, any time you have an account with a site that site can use for example their own data on you to deliver more relevant advertising. Good thing, in my opinion. (I just consider advertising to be searching in reverse, then consider that I won't buy their products anyway and continue letting the advertisers waste their money).

[chriskin]

it is just that it is distracting some times.
for example, I looked for get.live to download w.l.messenger and I got a script (that is not really working by the way) from sourceforge.

anyway, thank you :)

[ice60]

can you tell me how i can make it look like i am from windows?

edit : nice cursors by the way, i checked the thread on your signature :)
you must be very strange because most people don't care about cursors lol.

i use a complicated way to change my user agent, but there are firefox addons that can do it, it's best to keep the correct user agent though, it's used to give you the correct pages on the internet, like downloads etc.

i'll have a look for a firefox addon, are you using firefox?

[ice60]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59

[chriskin]

you must be very strange because most people don't care about cursors lol.

i use a complicated way to change my user agent, but there are firefox addons that can do it, it's best to keep the correct user agent though, it's used to give you the correct pages on the internet, like downloads etc.

i'll have a look for a firefox addon, are you using firefox?


yep firefox

strange that i want the thing that i concentrate on all the time to be nice? :P

[chriskin]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59


i am almost sure i responded to this message saying "thank you" but i cannot find the response anywhere on the thread.

so. thanks :) :popcorn:

[ice60]

i am almost sure i responded to this message saying "thank you" but i cannot find the response anywhere on the thread.

so. thanks :) :popcorn:

ok, i think you can edit the user agent bit in that addon, i haven't used it though.

and this is the best cursor theme -
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Ecliz+(port)?content=76605

[chriskin]

ok, i think you can edit the user agent bit in that addon, i haven't used it though.

and this is the best cursor theme -
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Ecliz+(port)?content=76605 (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Ecliz+%28port%29?content=76605)


i'm currently using this one
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Dart3D?content=88322

will try yours though :)
thanks again. cu around :)