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Will Bamberg 4c567ae945 change strict_min_version values so they are acceptable to AMO

2016-04-06 14:04:57 -07:00

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use the right size icons

2016-01-14 11:25:15 -08:00

added short comments for all JS functions

2016-01-14 15:06:44 -08:00

background.js

move listener definitions above references

2016-02-19 13:30:32 -08:00

manifest.json

change strict_min_version values so they are acceptable to AMO

2016-04-06 14:04:57 -07:00

README.md

Added missing README files and updated some existing ones

2016-02-19 13:19:10 -08:00

README.md

user-agent-rewriter

What it does

This extension uses the webRequest API to rewrite the browser's User Agent header, but only when visiting pages under "http://useragentstring.com/".

It adds a browser action. The browser action has a popup that lets the user choose one of three browsers: Firefox 41, Chrome 41, and IE 11. When the user chooses a browser, the extension then rewrites the User Agent header so the real browser identifies itself as the chosen browser on the site http://useragentstring.com/.

What it shows

how to intercept and modify HTTP requests
how to write a browser action with a popup
how to give the popup style and behavior using CSS and JS
how to send a message from a popup script to a background script