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Created August 23, 2012 07:31
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Detect Operating System with Javascript
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detect.js
// This script sets OSName variable as follows:
// "Windows" for all versions of Windows
// "MacOS" for all versions of Macintosh OS
// "Linux" for all versions of Linux
// "UNIX" for all other UNIX flavors
// "Unknown OS" indicates failure to detect the OS
var OSName="Unknown OS";
if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win")!=-1) OSName="Windows";
if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac")!=-1) OSName="MacOS";
if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("X11")!=-1) OSName="UNIX";
if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Linux")!=-1) OSName="Linux";
document.write('Your OS: '+OSName);
@SylarRuby
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Thanks. It's 2021. Maybe an update to navigator.userAgent...? appVersion is deprecated.

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@SylarRuby could you please add a sample to your comment? We can change the script with your sample. :)

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