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Detect client info
//Source code on [Professional JavaScript for Web Developers]
var client = (function() {
var engine = {
//Graphic Engine
ie: 0,
gecko: 0,
webkit: 0,
khtml: 0,
opera: 0,
//Detailed version
ver: null
};
var browser = {
ie: 0,
firefox: 0,
konq: 0,
opera: 0,
chrome: 0,
safari: 0,
//Detailed version
ver: null
};
//Platform, Device and OS
var system = {
win: false,
mac: false,
x11: false,
//Mobile device
iphone: false,
ipod: false,
nokiaN: false,
winMobile: false,
macMobile: false,
//Game system
wii: false,
ps: false
};
//Detect graphic engine and browser
var ua = navigator.userAgent;
if (window.opera) {
engine.ver = browser.ver = window.opera.version();
engine.opera = browser.opera = parseFloat(engine.ver);
} else if (/AppleWebKit\/(\S+)/.test(ua)) {
engine.ver = RegExp["$1"];
engine.webkit = parseFloat(engine.ver);
//Confirm whether Chrome or Safari
if (/Chrome\/(\S+)/.test(ua)) {
browser.ver = RegExp["$1"];
browser.chrome = parseFloat(browser.ver);
} else if (/Version\/(\S+)/.test(ua)) {
browser.ver = RegExp["$1"];
browser.safari = parseFloat(browser.ver);
} else {
//Get a approximate version
var safariVersion = 1;
if (engine.webkit < 100) {
safariVersion = 1;
} else if (engine.webkit < 312) {
safariVersion = 1.2;
} else if (engine.webkit < 412) {
safariVersion = 1.3;
} else {
safariVersion = 2;
}
browser.safari = browser.ver = safariVersion;
}
} else if (/KHTML\/(\S+)/.test(ua) || /Konqueror\/([^;]+)/.test(ua)) {
engine.ver = browser.ver = RegExp["$1"];
engine.khtml = browser.konq = parseFloat(engine.ver);
} else if (/rv:([^)]+)\) Gecko\/\d{8}/.test(ua)) {
engine.ver = RegExp["$1"];
engine.gecko = parseFloat(engine.ver);
//Confirm Firefox
if (/Firefox\/(\S+)/.test(ua)) {
browser.ver = RegExp["$1"];
browser.firefox = parseFloat(browser.ver);
}
} else if (/MSIE ([^;]+)/.test(ua)) {
engine.ver = browser.ver = RegExp["$1"];
engine.ie = browser.ie = parseFloat(engine.ver);
}
//Detect browser
browser.ie = engine.ie;
browser.opera = engine.opera;
//Detect platform
var p = navigator.platform;
system.win = p.indexOf("Win") == 0;
system.mac = p.indexOf("Mac") == 0;
system.x11 = (p == "X11" || p.indexOf("Linux") == 0);
//Detect Windows OS
if (system.win) {
if (/Win(?:dows )?([^do]{2})\s?(\d+\.\d+)?/.test(ua)) {
if (RegExp["$1"] == "NT") {
switch (RegExp["$2"]) {
case "5.0":
system.win = "2000";
break;
case "5.1":
system.win = "XP";
break;
case "6.0":
system.win = "Vista";
break;
default:
system.win = "NT";
break;
}
} else if (RegExp["$1"] == "9x") {
system.win = "ME";
} else {
system.win = RegExp["$1"];
}
}
}
//Mobile device
system.iphone = ua.indexOf("iPhone") > -1;
system.ipod = ua.indexOf("iPod") > -1;
system.nokiaN = ua.indexOf("nokiaN") > -1;
system.winMobile = (system.win == "CE");
system.macMobile = (system.iphone || system.ipod);
//Game system
system.wii = ua.indexOf("Wii") > -1;
system.ps = /playstation/i.test(ua);
//Return all these objects
return {
engine: engine,
browser: browser,
system: system
};
})();
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