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Javascript Browser Detection
var BrowserDetect = {
init: function () {
this.browser = this.searchString(this.dataBrowser) || "Other";
this.version = this.searchVersion(navigator.userAgent) || this.searchVersion(navigator.appVersion) || "Unknown";
},
searchString: function (data) {
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var dataString = data[i].string;
this.versionSearchString = data[i].subString;
if (dataString.indexOf(data[i].subString) !== -1) {
return data[i].identity;
}
}
},
searchVersion: function (dataString) {
var index = dataString.indexOf(this.versionSearchString);
if (index === -1) {
return;
}
var rv = dataString.indexOf("rv:");
if (this.versionSearchString === "Trident" && rv !== -1) {
return parseFloat(dataString.substring(rv + 3));
} else {
return parseFloat(dataString.substring(index + this.versionSearchString.length + 1));
}
},
dataBrowser: [
{string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Chrome", identity: "Chrome"},
{string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "MSIE", identity: "Explorer"},
{string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Trident", identity: "Explorer"},
{string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Firefox", identity: "Firefox"},
{string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Safari", identity: "Safari"},
{string: navigator.userAgent, subString: "Opera", identity: "Opera"}
]
};
BrowserDetect.init();
//console.log("Using <b>" + BrowserDetect.browser + "</b> with version <b>" + BrowserDetect.version + "</b>");
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