Wish that was the case but 10.4 supports up through Beta 4 of Safari

On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Diana wrote:

>
> Would it be safe to assume that if a user is browsing with an older
> version of Safari, they are not running 10.5?
>
> Diana
>
> Bert Grantges wrote:
>> 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
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to