[thelist] Browser Detect with JavaScript

Aylard JA (James) jaylard at equilon.com
Fri Dec 1 12:36:22 CST 2000


Michael,

> ...I am targeting browsers that will allow decent support of 
> CSS, support for JavaScript 1.2 (though I know IE has its own 
> quirkiness in its use of JScript), and in general HTML 4.0.
> 
> What I considered approved browsers for these purposes are for Mac 
> and Windows Netscape 4.7+ and 4.08 (is allowed since this is 
> navigator) and Netscape 6+. IE should be at least 5 on a Mac and 4.5 
> on Windows. And for Opera I understand that life began at 3.6. Do you 
> concur?

	Unfortunately, no 4.x version of Netscape supports HTML 4, and the
CSS support is so bad that many consider it non-CSS-capable for all
practical purposes. If you really want HTML 4 and CSS, you'll have to draw
the line at Netscape 6, IMO.

James Aylard




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