IPad – On the iPad, how to tell what version of Mobile Safari I have

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I'd like to know what precise version of Mobile Safari the iPad I'm using has. Is there any way to find out (preferably from the device itself)? There doesn't seem to be any menu in Safari Mobile, and thus none to choose "About" from. If you go to Settings | Safari, you see various useful things, but no "About" or "Version" or similar, which surprised me.

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Since Ross McNab's answer appears to no longer work...

Bookmark this (or any) page - then edit the bookmark - call it what you like, but change the url to...

javascript:alert(navigator.userAgent)

Now you can check your user agent any time you feel like conveniently from your bookmarks - thanks Apple!

Or if it's just a quick one-off check you want and you're connected to the 'net, do what T.J. originally posted.

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The iPad seems to limit its history to a week, which is presumably an acknowledgement of the limited RAM and storage in comparison to a traditional computer.

Adding bookmarks for desired/frequent sites is the only way to make sure they come up easily. There is no practical limit to the number of bookmarks, and you could easily shove all of those bookmarks in a folder you never visit directly.

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There is no keypress or gesture to do this unfortunately.

But here is a quick way to achieve a similar thing.

Create a new bookmark in safari (of any web page)
Edit this bookmark (press edit in bookmark screen)
Rename the bookmark to End

In the address field cut and paste this text

javascript:scroll(0,document.getElementsByTagName( 'body')%5B0%5D.scrollHeight);

Once you save this bookmark, you will be able to hit the bookmark button, select End and it will take you to the bottom of the web page. I know it's not as simple as the current scroll to top feature (this solution requires two taps), but its really the only option at the moment.

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