Re: [rtcweb] User Agent / Non-browser terminology

Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Tue, 11 November 2014 04:18 UTC

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From: Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:17:36 -1000
To: "Rauschenbach, Uwe (NSN - DE/Munich)" <uwe.rauschenbach@nsn.com>, "rtcweb@ietf.org" <rtcweb@ietf.org>
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Non-ua sounds even weirder... The reason for mentioning both UA and browser is that w3c tends to prefer UA. But we seem to be most comfortable with browser.

Den 10. november 2014 17.09.56 GMT-10:00, skrev "Rauschenbach, Uwe (NSN - DE/Munich)" <uwe.rauschenbach@nsn.com>:
>Hi Harald,
>
>The mic line is closed so I share this comment on the list.
>
>Doesn't it sound odd to have "WebRTC User Agent" vs. "WebRTC
>non-browser"?
>If we want to follow this path - shouldn't it then rather be "WebRTC
>browser" vs. "WebRTC non-browser"?
>Sounds more consistent to me.
>
>Kind regards,
>Uwe

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