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Detect IE8 or a lesser version of IE in JavaScript.
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detectIE8orLess.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Detect IE8</title>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" id="init-ie-var">
var isIE8OrLess = false;
</script>
<!--[if lte IE 8]>
<script type="text/javascript" id="set-ie-var">
isIE8OrLess = true;
</script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" id="use-ie-var">
if (isIE8OrLess){
//is IE8 or a lesser version
} else {
//is not IE or a greater version of IE than IE8
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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