711332 - Please keep the last version number of Mac OS version in FF's UserAgent 10.7->10.7.2

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Widget: Cocoa, enhancement)

Description

[hzlzh]

Attachment: Screen Shot 2011-12-16 at 2.33.22 PM.png

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111215 Firefox/11.0a1
Build ID: 20111215031153

Steps to reproduce:

When I try to get the UserAgent of FF 11.0a1, I still can not get the full version number of Mac OS Lion 10.7.2, just 10.7 instead.  I'm a WordPress plugin developer, so many users feedback that the Mac OS version displaying partly, so can why not show the full version like Google Chrome and other browsers?


Actual results:

(e.g)-----in fact I use 10.7.2
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111215 Firefox/11.0a1


Expected results:

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7.2; rv:11.0a1) Gecko/20111215 Firefox/11.0a1

Comment 1

[hzlzh]

BTW, I think the full version number should be changed from now on(the next release version of Firefox 8.0.1 and Nightly 11.0a1) 
thx

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

There are good reasons (e.g. fingerprinting avoidance) to not list the full version.

In fact, we've strongly considered not listing the version at all.

Comment 3

[hzlzh]

(In reply to Boris Zbarsky (:bz) from comment #2)
> There are good reasons (e.g. fingerprinting avoidance) to not list the full
> version.
> 
> In fact, we've strongly considered not listing the version at all.

Mybe, but still other browsers show the full version number of OS, I know many web developer use the version number to write some hacks for compatible reasons. this is just a suggestion.

Comment 4

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

(In reply to hzlzh from comment #3)
> many web developer use the version number to write some hacks for compatible

That's exactly why it *shouldn't* be in there. Gecko acts exactly the same no matter what OS (or OS version) it's on, so there's no need for web devs to try to outsmart it like this.

Comment 5

[hzlzh]

(In reply to Chris Lawson from comment #4)
> That's exactly why it *shouldn't* be in there. Gecko acts exactly the same
> no matter what OS (or OS version) it's on, so there's no need for web devs
> to try to outsmart it like this.

thx, I have a new understanding and I'll tell my plugin's users what you suggest.