Firefox and Chrome Plan to Lie About Their Age to Not Break The Internet

Firefox and Chrome plan to lie about their age to not break the internet.789987789978978987

They are about to hit a three digit version number.

They are reaching version 100 soon.

The Internet is not fully equipped to handle three digits version numbers.

Other sites like Yahoo, HBO are also struggling.

Websites need to identify your browser through a user-agent string.

Their developers have been testing the effect before the new update.

Browsers hit two digit version numbers a little over 12 years ago.

Some websites could not handle it.

They might just lie to browsers about their version number or lock the browser to version 99 for everyone.

Chrome plans to freeze the major version number at 99.