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general.useragent.override.<site> is not working since upgrade to FF 25

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ohadcn
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I'm used to visit some sites that block non-IE users, for those sites i fake my useragent by adding general.useragent.override.address.com in about:config page. since i upgraded to firefox 25, this do not work anymore, i saw this thread: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/976003 removed useragent swicher addone and restarted firefox - nothing happened, my useragent on those web sites is still FF default.

general.useragent.site_specific_overrides and general.useragent.enable_overrides are set to true.

OS: ubuntu 13.04, 64bit

I'm used to visit some sites that block non-IE users, for those sites i fake my useragent by adding general.useragent.override.address.com in about:config page. since i upgraded to firefox 25, this do not work anymore, i saw this thread: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/976003 removed useragent swicher addone and restarted firefox - nothing happened, my useragent on those web sites is still FF default. general.useragent.site_specific_overrides and general.useragent.enable_overrides are set to true. OS: ubuntu 13.04, 64bit

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It no longer works.

For reading as Bugzilla is not a discussion forum like here. 

Bug 933959 - general.useragent.override.[domain] (about:config entry) stopped working
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James
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It no longer works.

For reading as Bugzilla is not a discussion forum like here. 

Bug 933959 - general.useragent.override.[domain] (about:config entry) stopped working

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ohadcn
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thanks James.

so i need to install an extension for that. that decision makes FF much less geek friendly...