Remove Internet Explorer support, and some useragent sniffing hacks #2825
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Just realized there's some overlap in #2821, I'm happy to rebase after that's done. |
User agent sniffing was a bad idea. I think we should eventually remove all of them so every browser runs the same code paths. The problem with looking at browsers to implement workarounds for their bugs, is that browsers are moving targets. The fix for a bug 20 years ago is more likely to cause of a separate bug today.
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**Full Changelog**: Novik/ruTorrent@v5.1.7...v5.2.1 # ruTorrent v5.2.1 This is a critical hotfix to resolve breakage of RSS feeds. It's highly recommended to upgrade. In addition, the white border is fixed on dark themes. A stopped state is also added to torrents. ## What's Changed * Adding Stopped state by ranirahn in Novik/ruTorrent#2893 * Fix for broken RSS feeds break the rutorrent. by ranirahn in Novik/ruTorrent#2894 * Fix white border in dark themes by drrako in Novik/ruTorrent#2898 **Full Changelog**: Novik/ruTorrent@v5.2.0...v5.2.1 # ruTorrent v5.2.0 is now Stable This is a release contains more mobile design improvements, performance improvements and various new features. It builds on progress made in ruTorrent `v5.1` toward mobile development. ## Critical Improvement Summary 1. Torrents now have bigger font to make them easier to read. 2. There is no more drag mask when moving around dialog boxes. 3. Internet explorer is no longer supported. (Yes finally, we dropped it) 4. Various performance improvements to tables to improve responsiveness. 5. The clear log now has a bootstrap button in the bottom right corner. 6. Many other smaller improvements, bug fixes and new features. ## What's Changed * Fix torrent deleted without confirmation by koblack in Novik/ruTorrent#2804 * filedrop plugin: support dropped links by pekman in Novik/ruTorrent#2806 * Remove drag mask object by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2805 * Covert clear log to a floating button by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2810 * Use bootstrap dropdown on recent trackers by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2809 * Use flex layout on context menu items by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2812 * Adjust status bar and top menu by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2813 * Define dialog window colors using variables by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2815 * Distribute WebUi space using flex layout by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2826 * Remove Internet Explorer support, and some useragent sniffing hacks by anthonyryan1 in Novik/ruTorrent#2825 * Change various s-table methods by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2821 * Define status bar icons using base64 strings by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2833 * Animate category panel by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2831 * Define getter functions on s-table by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2830 * Use bootstrap list group on options window by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2819 * Define s-table header styles using variables by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2836 * Improve s-table column resizing by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2837 * Control alternate row color using CSS by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2841 * Improve move column function by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2844 * Improve s-table header row hover event handler by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2851 * Drag and drop s-table header using DnD class by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2855 * Merge stable head and body into one table by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2860 * Add danger color to #randomize_hash by anthonyryan1 in Novik/ruTorrent#2875 * Fix various bugs for v5.2 by jevenski in Novik/ruTorrent#2863 * Let rutracker_check ignore torrents with certain labels by drrako in Novik/ruTorrent#2866 * Add "::1" to localhost address list. by rozhuk-im in Novik/ruTorrent#2881 * Improve $tempDirectory handling: by rozhuk-im in Novik/ruTorrent#2880 * Diskspace option to display free bytes (new pull request against develop branch) by TheGoblinHero in Novik/ruTorrent#2890 * Add a permission to hide all torrent options by fffe in Novik/ruTorrent#2868 * Mark ruTorrent v5.2 as Stable by stickz in Novik/ruTorrent#2891 ## New Contributors * pekman made their first contribution in Novik/ruTorrent#2806 * rozhuk-im made their first contribution in Novik/ruTorrent#2881 **Full Changelog**: Novik/ruTorrent@v5.1.7...v5.2.0
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User agent sniffing was a bad idea. I think we should eventually remove all of them so every browser runs the same code paths. The problem with looking at browsers to implement workarounds for their bugs, is that browsers are moving targets. The fix for a bug 20 years ago is more likely to cause of a separate bug today.
One fun one is https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/blob/v5.1.3/js/stable.js#L369 which used to try to sniff Webkit <537, but because of other bug fixes sometime in the past 20 years, is applying to Chrome <537. I've just made it apply to all Chrome's for now (since that was the current behavior), but it may be revised in a future iteration.