[thelist] Script for M$IE only, or not
Ian Anderson
ian at zstudio.co.uk
Sun Apr 2 04:06:38 CDT 2006
Richard Bennett wrote:
> So the idea is not to use object detection to find out which browser the user
> has, but to find out if their browser supports the object you want to use.
> If you really want to do it like you asked, you can probably use the
> window.createPopup, as that is IE-only. Ie5.5 and after though.
Totally agree. But in cases where you _do_ need to know the browser for
some other reason - for instance, writing out a style sheet for NN4 - I
have used object detection for objects that are supported only in the
specific browser. e.g.
if (document.all) {
// this is definitely IE - nothing else
// has the all collection here
}
if (document.layers) {
// this is probably NN4 - there may be one other really
// obscure browser that also supports this
}
Hope this helps
Cheers
Ian
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