It would be better to try and determine if their browser supports the html5 embeddable video tag in some way.
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:08 AM, brook <[email protected]> wrote: > i am not switching behaviors exactly --- i am creating a video handler > and i want to determine what type of browser they are using to decide > what video source to load. > > On May 31, 3:06 am, Aaron Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also note that you really shouldn't switch your behavior on browser > version > > if you can help it. You should try and detect if the browser supports a > > feature - 1.3 does some of this, for example: > > > > Features: { > > xpath: !!(document.evaluate), > > air: !!(window.runtime), > > query: !!(document.querySelector), > > json: !!(window.JSON) > > }, > > > > If there's a feature you want to use (html 5 stuff) you should devise a > test > > that determines if that feature is available, regardless of the browser > type > > or version. That's not always possible, but most of the time it is. > > > > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:53 AM, brook <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > thats great news! i´ve me hesitating jumping into 1.3 - wanting let > > > it get to as stable state as possible but it sounds like i need to > > > just bite the bullet. mainly i just want to start using slick. > > > hurray.b > > > > > On May 30, 2:21 pm, Fábio M. Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 1.3 there is a Browser.version that indicates the browser version, > the > > > > Engine's version. > > > > On a side note, the docs for -core is being increased a lot by Arian > on > > > the > > > > new 1.3 version. > > > > Thank you for the feedback guys. > > > > > > -- > > > > Fábio Miranda Costa > > > > Solucione Sistemas > > > > Engenheiro de interfaces > > > > Twitter: fabiomirandahttp://solucione.info > > > > > > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 3:14 PM, אריה גלזר <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > i'm having the same difficulty. > > > > > there are 2 main problems: > > > > > 1. no where in the docs is there a way for me to realize that > version > > > is > > > > > not the public one. i for one had a lot of difficulty finding out > why > > > doing > > > > > if (Browser.Engine.version < 7) would work on IE8, until i > > > console.loged it > > > > > and found out it's different. > > > > > 2. no where in the docs is there a list of what i am to expect from > > > > > different borwsers and vendors. > > > > > > > now, i'm not saying that i'm waiting for you guys to do this. i'll > be > > > happy > > > > > to create such a table. but i have no clue of where to find this > info, > > > and > > > > > thus i'm stuck with trial and error, which is a very annoying way > of > > > doing > > > > > this (and confusing for new developers) > > > > > > > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Oskar Krawczyk < > > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > >> Version of the engine, not the browser... Look it up. > > > > > > >> On 30 May 2010, at 18:28, brook wrote: > > > > > > >> > Hi guys - Does anyone know what "Browser.Engine.version" > returns? > > > > > > >> > For instance i am on firefox right now and its giving me "19". > I > > > had > > > > >> > thought it was going to say 3.6.3 or something. can someone > tell > > > me > > > > >> > how to translate between something like 19 - to 3.6.3 ... > obviously > > > > >> > not just for firefox but for all browsers. > > > > > > >> > Thanks.Brook > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Arieh Glazer > > > > > אריה גלזר > > > > > 052-5348-561 > > > > > 5561 >
