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The list of reported versions on one of my sites is 45 lines long! This is because the user agent pepper differentiates every minor version change of Firefox:

2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2 … 2.0.0.99

Most people don’t need that many details. And since the entries are spread to so many versions, most of them count as “under 1%”. It’s hard to figure out how many Firefox version 1, 2 and 3 are in use and I guess this is the most important information regarding version numbers.

Or do others care about the exact version number?

Well, regarding Safari, Shaun has made a point in an older post. Safari’s user agent string does not contain the browser version, but only the Webkit version. A while ago there was a xml file published on Apple’s developer pages that showed what Webkit version would refer to what Safari version. But unfortunately that file is no longer online.

Web devolopers simply want to know the numbers for the main versions. It’s very hard to check now if my site should be tested with let’s say Safari 2 or if no one is using it anymore…