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Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version

From "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version
Date 2015-04-02 01:04 +0200
Organization solani.org
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Richard Maher wrote:

> On 4/1/2015 10:50 PM, Denis McMahon wrote:
> 
>> Identify a 'feature' whose presence or absence in the browser correlates
>> to the differences in browser behaviour which you are interested in, and
>> test for the presence or absence of that feature.
>>
>> The best place to find out about such features is in the browser
>> changelogs and / or browser specific forums.
>>
> 
> More inane platitudes from self-righteous pompous twat?
> 
> Let's acknowledge the elephant in the room - It can't be done dick-head!

What Denis suggests might well be doable -- but it would only be
slightly better than browser sniffing, if at all, see [1].

If proper feature detection is not possible, as you already have
suggested, you may consider to ask somewhere else for the "best" browser
sniffing technique.  This newsgroup's FAQ, which you most certainly did
read, explicitly mentions that browser sniffing is to be avoided[2] --
so what do you expect?

[1] <http://pointedears.de/scripts/faq/cljs/notes/detect-browser/#bdOI>
[2] <http://pointedears.de/scripts/faq/cljs/#detectBrowser>

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-01 16:49 +0800
  Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2015-04-01 19:19 +0700
    Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-01 20:35 +0800
      Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-04-01 14:50 +0000
        Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2015-04-01 09:35 -0700
          Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 06:29 +0800
        Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 06:28 +0800
          Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2015-04-02 01:04 +0200
      Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 10:53 +1100
        Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 09:18 +0800
          Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 15:12 +1100
        Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 10:25 +0800
          Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 18:44 +1100
  Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2015-04-01 17:59 -0700
    Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 10:20 +0800
      Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 20:27 +0800
        Re: Forced to browser-sniff Safari version Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-02 21:06 +0800
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