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Re: detecting what OS you have

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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)?

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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

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