As I said, it doesn't work: how about ASV in Safari on Apple or ASV on Konqueror in Linux?
There is no ActiveX object on these platforms, yet the plugin is installed. You would only filter out people with ASV on non-Windows platforms. Andreas --- In [email protected], Guy Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Jason...that's exactly what I was after (though I may have to do > something to filter out opera, since I can't get that working yet). > > Guy > > jookeda wrote: > > You could try the following: > > > > function hasSVGSupport() { > > if ("SVGTransform" in window) { // Firefox, Opera > > return true; > > } > > else if ("ActiveXObject" in window) { // IE > > try { new ActiveXObject("Adobe.SVGCtl") } > > catch (e) { return false } > > return true; > > } > > else { > > return false; > > } > > } > > > > This does leave out WebKit nightly builds, which do support SVG, but > > not the SVG DOM, leaving it almost useful for advanced scripting. But > > if you needed to check for WebKit (say you were only using DOM2 > > methods), then the only way I can think of detecting this is: > > > > if (/AppleWebKit\/(\d+)/.exec(navigator.userAgent)) { > > return parseInt(RegExp.$1) >= 420; > > } > > > > > > > > -Jason Davis > > > > --- In [email protected], "Andreas Neumann" <neumann@> > > wrote: > > > >> all the detection codes that I use fail in one browser/OS or the > >> > > other. Most of them f.e. only > > > >> work in Windows. I have f.e. a browser on Linux or Mac which surely > >> > > has ASV and Flash > > > >> installed but these stupid plugin detection codes out there report > >> > > me to install one ... > > > >> I think it is a better idea to inform the user that he needs a > >> > > browser or plugin capable of > > > >> displaying SVG (and list the options: FF>1.5, Opera>9, ASV, Batik, > >> > > etc.) and maybe use an > > > >> intermediate page with a sample SVG file. This problem will go away > >> > > if all browsers support > > > >> SVG natively. > >> > >> Andreas > >> > >> > >> --- In [email protected], Guy Morton <guy@> wrote: > >> > >>> Anyone got some good detection code that is free to use? Preferably > >>> detects ASV and FF support if available. > >>> > >>> Guy > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -or- > > visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my > > membership" > > ---- > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
