How to detect Safari browser using JavaScript? I have tried code below and it detects not only Safari but also Chrome browser. function IsSafari() { var is_safari = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf(‘safari/’) > -1; return is_safari; } 23 Answers 23
When I want to detect IE I use this code: function getInternetExplorerVersion() { var rv = -1; if (navigator.appName == ‘Microsoft Internet Explorer’) { var ua = navigator.userAgent; var re = new RegExp(“MSIE ([0-9]{1,}[\.0-9]{0,})”); if (re.exec(ua) != null) rv = parseFloat( RegExp.$1 ); } return rv; } function checkVersion() { var msg = “You’re not … Read more
This question already has answers here: How can you detect the version of a browser? (32 answers) Closed 4 years ago. How do I determine the exact browser and version using JavaScript? 25 Answers 25
I want to bounce users of our web site to an error page if they’re using a version of Internet Explorer prior to v9. It’s just not worth our time and money to support IE pre-v9. Users of all other non-IE browsers are fine and shouldn’t be bounced. Here’s the proposed code: if(navigator.appName.indexOf(“Internet Explorer”)!=-1){ //yeah, … Read more
I need some function returning a boolean value to check if the browser is Chrome. How do I create such functionality? 18 Answers 18
I’ve been searching around for code that would let me detect if the user visiting the website has Firefox 3 or 4. All I have found is code to detect the type of browser but not the version. How can I detect the version of a browser like this? 32 Answers 32 You can see … Read more
I am calling a function like the one below by click on divs with a certain class. Is there a way I can check when starting the function if a user is using Internet Explorer and abort / cancel it if they are using other browsers so that it only runs for IE users ? … Read more
I have 5 addons/extensions for FF, Chrome, IE, Opera, and Safari. How can I recognize the user browser and redirect (once an install button has been clicked) to download the corresponding addon? 28 s 28 Googling for browser reliable detection often results in checking the User agent string. This method is not reliable, because it’s … Read more
I’m looking for a function which return boolean value if user has mobile browser or not. I know that I can use navigator.userAgent and write that function by using regex, but user-agents are too various for different platforms. I doubt that match all possible devices would be easy, and I think this problem has been … Read more
Is there a way to detect whether or not a user is using a mobile device in jQuery? Something similar to the CSS @media attribute? I would like to run a different script if the browser is on a handheld device. The jQuery $.browser function is not what I am looking for. 60 60
