On Aug 31, 2006, at 4:43 PM, Dave Cardwell wrote:
> Corey Jewett wrote:
>> I just now looked into doing so, but I think it will grow the core's
>> file size too much. Nice plugin though.
>
> // As of jQuery 1.0.1[1] the relevant code is:
> var b = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
> jQuery.browser = {
> safari: /webkit/.test(b),
> opera: /opera/.test(b),
> msie: /msie/.test(b) && !/opera/.test(b),
> mozilla: /mozilla/.test(b) && !/compatible/.test(b)
> };
>
>
> // Browser detection could be improved thusly:
> var b = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(),
> v = navigator.vendor.toLowerCase(),
> sa = /apple/.test(v),
Why do you prefer this over /webkit/ ?
> op = !sa && window.opera != undefined,
I thought about using this. Any Opera users have a reason not to?
> ie = !sa && !op && /msie/.test(b),
> mz = !sa && !op && !ie && /gecko|mozilla/.test(b);
>
> jQuery.browser = {
> safari: sa,
> opera: op,
> msie: ms,
> mozilla: mz
> };
>
>
> It wouldn't be quite as robust as jQBrowser[2], but would certainly
> be a
> lot more reliable than it currently is, and for little extra code.
> The
> above is a proof of concept, not tested, and could probably be
> tidied up
> a bit.
>
> [1] http://jquery.com/src/jquery-1.0.1.js
> [2] http://davecardwell.co.uk/geekery/javascript/jquery/jqbrowser/
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Dave Cardwell ~ http://davecardwell.co.uk/
>
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