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Description

Detects 18 4th+ generation browsers and 13 operating system classes, in most cases regardless of masquing.

Current version

Appears to be 1.8.1

Browser support

Trident / EdgeHTML / Tasman (Internet Explorer 4+, Edge 44-)Script works as expected
Opera 7-12Script works as expected
Gecko engine browsers (Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape 6+, etc)Script works as expected
KHTML / WebKit / Chromium / Blink / QT WebEngine / QTWebKit / WebKitGTK (Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera 15+, Edge 79+, Safari, Konqueror, OmniWeb 4.5+, iCab 4+, NetFront Chromium / WebKit)Script works as expected
iCab 3-Script works as expected
Rhino + W3C DOM (ICEbrowser)Script works as expected
Rhino + layers / W3C DOM (Escape / Evo, iBrow)Script works as expected
NetFront 3+ NetFront engineScript works as expected
Opera 5 and 6 Elektra engineScript works as expected
Netscape 4Script works as expected
OmniWeb 4.2-Script works as expected
Rhino + pDOM (Clue browser)Script works as expected
WebTVScript works as expected
Tkhtml Hv3+Script works as expected
Netgem NetBoxScript works as expected
OpenTVScript works as expected
iPanel MicroBrowserNot tested but it should work

Accessibility notes

No inherent accessibility problems; This script is supposed to help your scripts avoid browser bugs. Make sure the script that uses the variables is not required to access page content.

License

Please see my terms and conditions page for terms and conditions of use.

This site was created by Mark "Tarquin" Wilton-Jones.
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