From: dave frette [mailto:gohabitat(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com]
But, say I want to perform a browser check via js.
I would probably create an init_ie(), transform_ie(), init_ns(), and
transform_ns().
Basically this code looks really simple and perhaps netscape has
some similar objects to use??
Any suggestions?
I use the following to test for Mozilla -
function isMoz() {
try {
var xx = netscape.security.PrivilegeManager;
return true;
}
catch (e) {
return false;
}
}
We're drifting OT here (yes, Tommie, I know, but aren't you too busy
just now to attend to it??), but sometimes you can adjust for browser
type without explicitly detecting it. For example, I have used the
following to get at (CSS) stylesheet rules even though IE and Mozilla
use different names for the same object -
var stylesheet,rules;
stylesheet = document.styleSheets[0];
rules = stylesheet.rules||stylesheet.cssRules;
The first alternative works for IE but is undefined in Moz. Undefined
evaluates to false in a logic test (gotta love javascript!), and the
second alternative (cssRules) works for any CSS2 compliant browser (one
that uses the specified binding names).
Cheers,
Tom P