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Can I set the user agent language string for a specific website?

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Pirukandji
Pirukandji
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Hello everyone,

I've got a question regarding the language string that is sent to a website. I'm in Germany and my default language is German. However, I have a few websites that I'd like to browser in English (specifically Microsoft's Technet and Docs).

Is it possible to set the language string to en-us for these (or more) websites and leave the default to de-de for all others? If something's not clear let me know. Otherwise I say thanks in advance for all answers. :)

Kind regards

Hello everyone, I've got a question regarding the language string that is sent to a website. I'm in Germany and my default language is German. However, I have a few websites that I'd like to browser in English (specifically Microsoft's Technet and Docs). Is it possible to set the language string to en-us for these (or more) websites and leave the default to de-de for all others? If something's not clear let me know. Otherwise I say thanks in advance for all answers. :) Kind regards

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Tonnes
Tonnes
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Hello,

You can try to install the Quick Accept-Language Switcher add-on that allows you to quickly change the Accept-Language request HTTP header from the toolbar.

There may be more add-ons that allow you to specify particular URLs but I couldn’t find any, if supported by 57+ at all. Do not get mislead by e.g. the User Agent switcher (revived) add-on that allows specific URLs, but changes the user agent string only.

I tried the first add-on myself and it seems to work for reported user agents (you can test e.g. here) and one specific website tested with, but results may vary. Remember that cookies can keep a previous locale’s view, so you may need to clear them too in Firefox after changing the locale code.

I was hoping you could work around such issue by opening specific websites in a separate container tab, but the customized header persists for any of them, so unfortunately not.

If you can’t find any better add-on for your needs than this one, you could of course open an issue/request for adding a domain-specific setting here.

Pirukandji
Pirukandji Klausimą uždavęs asmuo
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Hello Tonnes,

Thanks for your reply. I tried to find an Add-On for my needs, but apparently there's none. However, the Quick Accept-Language Switcher does not improve or speed up my specific needs.

However, I think I can live by manually changing the URL address bar for now.

Thanks again for your efforts!

TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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Changing UserAgent locale doesn't really help, at least on TechNet. You can change the language on the top-right corner of this page.