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a way to detect what browser you are in just with javascript
var isOpera = !!window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Opera') >= 0;
// Opera 8.0+ (UA detection to detect Blink/v8-powered Opera)
var isFirefox = typeof InstallTrigger !== 'undefined'; // Firefox 1.0+
var isSafari = Object.prototype.toString.call(window.HTMLElement).indexOf('Constructor') > 0;
// At least Safari 3+: "[object HTMLElementConstructor]"
var isChrome = !!window.chrome; // Chrome 1+
var isIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false; // At least IE6
document.write('isFirefox: ' + isFirefox + '<br>');
document.write('isChrome: ' + isChrome + '<br>');
document.write('isSafari: ' + isSafari + '<br>');
document.write('isOpera: ' + isOpera + '<br>');
document.write('isIE: ' + isIE + '<br>');
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