Google Chrome The browser has been around for 13 years now and is heading towards its 100th major update. Now, according to a report by 9to5Google, some websites may no longer support this chrome The 100th version of the browser which is rumored to be available next year. According to the Chromium bug tracker, such websites are mainly developed using a web designing kit called Duda. Websites developed using Duda use the same bit of code to identify which version of ? chrome browser you are using.
Why some websites may stop working on Chrome 100
Websites use ‘user agent strings’ to identify which browser you are using. This string is the text that a browser associates with each web connection it makes. Once you break down the user agent string, you can easily check the version of the browser you’re using.
Since the user agent string is just text, developers have to find a way to interpret the code to find browser information. When it comes to Duda, the website developer can read only the first two digits from the user agent string. This means that websites developed on Duda will read Chrome 100 version as version 10.
The problem with this is that Duda automatically blocks versions of Chrome below version 40. Chrome version 40 was released in 2015. Since Chrome 100 will be read as Chrome 10, the Duda website will be blocked automatically.
Reportedly, Duda isn’t the only web toolkit with this issue. Some other major website development kits also have this problem. The report further mentions that Google has acknowledged the issue and is working to fix the issue. The tech giant has also prepared a backup plan to address the issue. This has added a new flag to Chrome that can lock the major version in the user-agent string to 99, and force the major version number to the minor version position.
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