Both netscape (i use 4.7) and ie have "mozilla compatible" in the user-agent
header.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nestor Florez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: Web Browser detection in JSP
> Does that really work? I thought that the IE browser had in there
something
> like
> "Mozilla compatible".
>
> Nestor :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Vandenbeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 12:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Web Browser detection in JSP
>
>
> I am using something like this in my controller servlet:
>
> boolean nav = false;
> boolean ie = false;
> String browser = request.getHeader("User-Agent");
> if (browser.indexOf ("Mozilla") && (!browser.indexOf("compatible"))) nav =
> true;
> if (browser.indexOf ("MSIE")) ie = true;
>
> Donald
>
> "P.J. Tenn" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am surprised this wasn't already have been posted and answered, but I
> > searched the archives of this mailing list and could not find any info
on
> > this ...
> >
> > At any rate, is there a way to detect whether someone is using Netscape
or
> > IE using JSP? I know this can be done easily in JavaScript using code
> along
> > the lines of:
> >
> > var browser = navigator.appName;
> > var Nav = (browser == "Netscape");
> > var IE = (browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer);
> >
> > However, I need to set boolean variables within the scriptlet <% ... %>
> tags
> > based on whether Netscape or IE is being used.
> > Thanks in advance!!!
> >
> > P.J.
> >
> >
>
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