Comment 16 for bug 934887

Sorry, I can't follow the motivation for either this bug or bug 572661 (and whatever other companion bugs which may have been filed on the UA string).
For an administrator, this information is usually quite useful in enterprise settings (e.g., to identify users who don't update their laptops on a regular basis). Homogenizing the UA string would remove that capability. The similar importance for user forums has already been stated in bug 572661, and if you ever worked in such a forum or help desk, you know what a hassle it is to get version and platform information reliably from the reporter.

If a user is concerned of fingerprinting, there is general.useragent.override to make up whatever you want. If someone knows how to compile his or her own version, they certainly are aware of that possibility. Spotting 3rd-party downloads may again be useful from an administrative point of view.

> (comment #12) locale already removed in bug 572656 ...

Not true, intl.accept_languages is still exposing this to the web server. :-\
Geolocation or even IP resolving is doing a better job to localize a client anyway, so omitting the locale substring won't help much here.