On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Charles F. Munat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ah, I forgot that you were talking server-side. Hmm. I'll have to think > about this. > > For mobile browsers, are you talking ones that use WML? (Does anyone > still use that?) For something like that, I think you could use the > Accept HTTP header. User Agent is going to be very tricky. > Perhaps you want to have a more light-weighted page for mobile consumers? > > But for something like this, shouldn't you send a default button > (assuming JS is off), and then a JS script that does the object > detection client-side and replaces the button with an image button? I'm > not clear -- why do you want to do the detection server-side? > > Chas. > > Marius wrote: > > Charles ... this is not only about JS level. One may simply click a > > link or submit a simple form (with NO JS involved) and lift should > > probably be aware of browser type it can correct some browser specific > > idiosyncrasies in the resulting markup. Certain applications may need > > for instance to detect if a mobile browser is used instead of a PC > > browser. > > > > I don't think there is some other option then user-agent. But user- > > agent can be used today in lift but I agree that a higher abstraction > > is needed. > > > > P.S. > > At JS level, yeah object detection sounds really good. > > > > Br's, > > Marius > > > > On Sep 26, 12:25 pm, "Charles F. Munat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Browser detection is a really bad idea, and I would recommend avoiding > >> it at all costs. A much better solution is object detection. > >> > >> Here's one pretty good description about why this is so: > >> > >> http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/objectdetection.html > >> > >> Here's another: > >> > >> http://www.quirksmode.org/js/support.html > >> > >> And one more (for the unconvinced :-) > >> > >> http://www.evotech.net/blog/2007/07/browser-detection-versus-object-d. > .. > >> > >> Chas. > >> > >> Tim Perrett wrote: > >>> Am I being dumb here - could we not just run some checks on the user- > >>> agent header and respond appropriately? > >>> It would be very cool if SHtml was browser aware. > >>> Cheers > >>> Tim > > > > > > > -- Viktor Klang Senior Systems Analyst --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
