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Re: Calling browser's system-os

From Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Calling browser's system-os
Date 2015-02-22 11:07 -0800
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <mcd9cs$a2j$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 02/22/2015 10:13 AM, Tauno Voipio wrote:
> On 22.2.15 16:31, helge wrote:
>> Hi NG!
>> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>> How to check in an index.html if the calling browser's system-os is linux
>> or one of the many windows species?
>> Vy 73! Helge
>>
>
> Would you please tell why? IMHO, a more useful piece of information
> is the browser type and version.
>
> Try this:
>
> // This script sets OSName variable as follows:
> // "Windows"    for all versions of Windows
> // "MacOS"      for all versions of Macintosh OS
> // "Linux"      for all versions of Linux
> // "UNIX"       for all other UNIX flavors
> // "Unknown OS" indicates failure to detect the OS
>
> var OSName="Unknown OS";
> if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win")!=-1) OSName="Windows";
> if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac")!=-1) OSName="MacOS";
> if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("X11")!=-1) OSName="UNIX";
> if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Linux")!=-1) OSName="Linux";
>
> document.write('Your OS: '+OSName);
>

	Back in ancient days like 15 years ago web-browsing on the Amiga
with AWeb the OS and the browser could not be detected by the sites
or even by the testing sites.  That was fine with me.  But even then
the AWeb browser could spoof Windows if I cared to configure a setting
that way.  Those days I was thrilled to inherit a 28.8 kb modem and 
thought the millennium had arrived when I got a 56 kb modem.

	bliss

	bliss

	bliss
	

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Calling browser's system-os helge <w4h@nurfuerspam.de> - 2015-02-22 14:31 +0000
  Re: Calling browser's system-os Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-02-22 08:49 -0600
  Re: Calling browser's system-os Roland Latour <no-one@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-22 09:38 -0600
  Re: Calling browser's system-os Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-02-22 11:06 -0500
    Re: Calling browser's system-os Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-02-22 10:21 -0600
      Re: Calling browser's system-os The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-22 18:52 +0000
        Re: Calling browser's system-os Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-02-22 16:43 -0600
          Re: Calling browser's system-os The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-22 22:59 +0000
            Re: Calling browser's system-os Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-02-22 19:23 -0600
              Re: Calling browser's system-os The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-23 07:31 +0000
                Re: Calling browser's system-os Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-02-23 07:10 -0600
                Re: Calling browser's system-os The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-23 13:16 +0000
    Re: Calling browser's system-os The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-22 18:51 +0000
      Re: Calling browser's system-os Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-02-22 16:43 -0600
        Re: Calling browser's system-os The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-22 22:58 +0000
  Re: Calling browser's system-os Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-02-22 20:13 +0200
    Re: Calling browser's system-os Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-02-22 11:07 -0800
      Re: Calling browser's system-os Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-02-23 20:51 +0000
    Re: Calling browser's system-os helge <w4h@nurfuerspam.de> - 2015-02-23 10:33 +0000

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