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"Mozilla/5.0 (PLAYSTATION 3; 1.00)"
I am in the dark as far as what the GUI even looks like much less what it supports for web surfing. What is the default PS3 browser, are other browsers capable of running on a PS3, if they are then are their agents overwritten? I highly doubt this though I am curious.
- John
So far, I've also found these reports of the PS3 browser and user agent string:
The PlayStation 3 uses a version of the NetFront browser by Access Co. as its internal web browser. It is the same browser used in the PlayStation Portable (Sony-branded NetFront 2.81) with the same interface, menus and virtual keyboard.[en.wikipedia.org...]
Recently I built a simple browser test page that I use with mobile device browsers. It displays the user-agent and http-accept headers sent to the server, and if javascript is available, loops through the list of supported mime types and plugins......the PS3 browser reports nothing except a user-agent of "Mozilla/5.0 (PLAYSTATION 3; 1.00)". Everything else is blank. The PS3 apparently does not send an HTTP-Accept header to the server. It supports Javascript but will not divulge which version. Finally, it reports no mime types, no plugins, and no Javascript errors.
[design215.com...]
The screen is a tolerable size to design for and the browser can handle HTML image maps, Flash 6 (using the Satay method), and RSS 2.0 (useful for delivering Mp3 and Mp4) as well as some JavaScript. The choice of fonts, however, is limited to the basic system styles, essentially serif or sans.
Detecting the user-agent with JavsScript and feeding it specific content is simple, and though the mere mention of "browser sniffing" may upset some readers here, I would recommend it in this case.
Designing content specifically for the device was interesting and fun, but I suspect that most webmasters here may have more urgent things to do...
