[Javascript] Serious browser detection.

[Håkan Magnusson]

Thanks Andrew, but it has to be client side, the company I work for are 
developing a web application framework written in JavaScript. This 
framework have no requirements on web server software, and we can't add 
it because of the browser detection. ;)

> In any case, you might find some useful (and more relevant) information in Apple's Safari developer FAQ: 

Thanks again, but to quote someone wittier than me, it seems that Apples 
idea of a "reference" is a a couple of pages where they brag about what 
their software almost could do if they didn't release the beta version.

<warning:semi-political-views>
It is so obvious that Apple really want people to think that Safari is 
just as cool (and standards compliant) as Mozilla/Camino (just have a 
look at the userAgent string, "KHTML, like Gecko", geez) when the actual 
support for *anything* is close to none. Why, oh why, Apple, didn't you 
use a working, accepted, standards compliant, non-beta browser engine 
instead of this crap we have to deal with now?
</warning:semi-political-views>

Again, thanks anyway. This is not a critical problem (until people start 
spoofing Safaris useragent string...) and I was merely reaching in the 
dark for a more comprehensive object reference than I have now.

Regards,
Hakan


Andrew Crawford wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm curious: is there some particular or common reason to use JavaScript 
> rather than server-side browser detection?
> 
> This Open Source solution can do what you describe doing with JavaScript 
> and can handle Safari version detection.  They seem to keep it fairly 
> up-to-date and it all runs on the server as a PHP script:
> 
>    http://phpsniff.sourceforge.net
> 
> In any case, you might find some useful (and more relevant) information 
> in Apple's Safari developer FAQ:
> 
>    http://developer.apple.com/internet/safari/safari_faq.html
> 
> Andrew Crawford
> Javascript at Evermore.com
> 
> At 05:29 PM 3/15/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> 
>> People,
>>
>> I have my browser detection script, completely object based except for 
>> a few small issues. These include detecting what VERSION of MacOS the 
>> user is running, if using a Mac, and proper detection of Safari 
>> (currently detecting by looking at userAgent) and furthermore which 
>> Safari version is in use.
>>
>> Basically, I am wondering if anybody know of a good way to detect 
>> MacOS version (through any object/property, on all (major) browsers) 
>> and Safari/Safari versions (through object based detection instead of 
>> looking at userAgent).
>>
>> Ideas?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Hakan
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