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What is THE Version of FireFox *AT* the Mozilla Download Site?

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I don't want to know what version of FireFox I have. I do not want to install certain versions of FireFox, if they have problems associated with them.

(1) Please give the version number that is currently (05/06/2014) available at the official Mozilla download site.

(2) Please explain why it continues not to be displayed at the download site.

Thanks!

I don't want to know what version of FireFox I have. I do not want to install certain versions of FireFox, if they have problems associated with them. (1) Please give the version number that is currently (05/06/2014) available at the official Mozilla download site. (2) Please explain why it continues not to be displayed at the download site. Thanks!

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Hi jhughey, Tyler doesn't actually know what version you have, but your Firefox provides this information to websites about itself:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0

That's called the user agent string and sites use it for statistical purposes and sometimes to tailor pages to your browser (e.g., desktop, mobile, Windows, Mac, IE, not IE, etc.).

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The current version is 29, you have 25 and need to update imemdiately

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Thank you, Tyler!

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BTW. How did you determine my personal version number?

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Your User Agent.

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Hi jhughey, Tyler doesn't actually know what version you have, but your Firefox provides this information to websites about itself:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0

That's called the user agent string and sites use it for statistical purposes and sometimes to tailor pages to your browser (e.g., desktop, mobile, Windows, Mac, IE, not IE, etc.).

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I see the download filename has the version number. As much as I have reinstalled FireFox, I should have known this!

Thanks again!

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Ahhh. .. yes! Forgot about that.

Thank you jsher!

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I just wanted to add that upgrading Firefox from 25 to version 29 has solved an obscuring black screen effect with Google Maps. Fantastic!