Agreed Ryan - But customer would prefer not to have any flash and/or java if possible, so we are being forced to be creative!
Thanks for your input - Bert On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Ryan Joy wrote: > > If you need that level of granularity it might make more sense to > embed a Flash or Java component to detect the OS version. Both have > access to system information that is not revealed via JavaScript. This > is especially true if someone were to change their UA string. > > - RYAN JOY > http://twitter.com/atxryan > > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Bert Grantges <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hello everyone - >> >> I am working on a pretty involved project and thought I would throw >> this one out to the group - >> >> I need to be able to identify the Mac OSX version (i.e. 10.4 vs 10.5) >> via the browser prior to preparing a download for the customer. For >> most versions of Safari / Firefox this is not an issue as it is >> nicely >> provided through the navigator.userAgent property. However, in older >> version of Safari 3 (< 3.1) the user Agent string does not provide >> the >> OS Version (simply states Mac OS X). >> >> I have noticed that WebKit version is stated clearly enough, and at >> first thought this might be helpful. As far as i can tell though, >> there is not a particular version I could look for in 10.5 to denote >> that operating system. >> >> Has anyone run into this problem with older versions of Safari 3? Is >> there a reliable solution? >> >> Thanks a bunch - >> Bert >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
