Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, which are among the most preferred browsers, will reach their 100th versions after a while. However, a three-digit version number may prevent some websites from working. Chrome and Firefox are developing new ways to reduce the impact.
Chrome and Firefox 100 may come with some issues
It is stated that Firefox 100 and Chrome 100 versions may break websites when parsing User-Agent strings containing three-digit version numbers. Mozilla started an experiment last year on how Firefox Version 100 will affect sites and shared some information about the results.
It seems that some websites get errors such as “browser not supported” messages, site rendering issues, parsing errors, and 403 errors. In both browsers’ posts on the cause of the issue: “It’s possible that some parsing libraries have hard-coded assumptions or bugs that don’t account for three-digit major version numbers.” statements were included.
Both Chrome and Firefox developers shared the path they will follow to minimize the effects of any problems that may occur. They plan to freeze the version shown in the user-agent string to 99 in case there are bugs that cannot be fixed before version 100 is released and sites will be affected. Thus, they aim to save time for a fix by ensuring that the sites are not affected by the error.
The update timeline for both browsers has been announced. Chrome 100 will be released on March 29 and Firefox 100 on May 3.
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