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  Re: detecting what OS you have david.ozersky@firmex.com - 2013-07-18 12:15 -0700
    Re: detecting what OS you have Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-07-18 23:30 +0200
    Re: detecting what OS you have JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2013-07-19 05:31 +0700
    Re: detecting what OS you have Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-07-19 08:20 +0000

#20699 — Re: detecting what OS you have

On Monday, October 8, 2001 5:52:09 PM UTC-4, Kevin Cifuentes wrote:
> I know there's a way to detect what browser and browser version you have,
> but is there a way to detect what OS you have(including version)?  Also, how
> do I display a message box automatically once the web page loads?  Thanx

I'm trying to detect browser version on the client side using navigator.platform. I can't find a list of all the platform identifiers. I've looked at w3C, the MDN documentation, and googled it. (I even resorted to Bing...) Could you point me to a list?

Thank you,

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#20700

david.ozersky@firmex.com wrote:

> On Monday, October 8, 2001 5:52:09 PM UTC-4, Kevin Cifuentes wrote:
>> I know there's a way to detect what browser and browser version you have,
>> but is there a way to detect what OS you have(including version)?  Also,
>> how do I display a message box automatically once the web page loads? 
>> Thanx
> 
> I'm trying to detect browser version on the client side using
> navigator.platform. I can't find a list of all the platform identifiers.
> I've looked at w3C, the MDN documentation, and googled it. (I even
> resorted to Bing...) Could you point me to a list?

Yes.  But why would you want to do that?  And should the fact that you are 
replying to a posting that is 12 years old not already indicate to you that 
what you are attempting to do is not state-of-the-art Web development (it 
wasn't even in 2001; feature detection had been discussed at the time)?

-- 
PointedEars

Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

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#20701

On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:15:23 -0700 (PDT), david.ozersky@firmex.com wrote:
> I'm trying to detect browser version on the client side using navigator.platform. I can't find a list of all the platform identifiers. I've looked at w3C, the MDN documentation, and googled it. (I even resorted to Bing...) Could you point me to a list?

Could you show us what you have gathered so far?

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#20703

On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:15:23 -0700, david.ozersky wrote:

> I'm trying to detect browser version on the client side using
> navigator.platform. I can't find a list of all the platform identifiers.
> I've looked at w3C, the MDN documentation, and googled it. (I even
> resorted to Bing...) Could you point me to a list?

Firstly, you replied to a 12 year old post. Chances are the OP might not 
still be around.

Secondly, why are you trying to sniff the browser? It's much more 
efficient to sniff for the features you want to use.

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com

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