----- Ursprüngliche Mail ----- >> even in 2009 it was considered bad: https://www.sitepoint.com/why- >> browser-sniffing-stinks/ >> and in case that is not enough, read what the guy that invented modernizr >> has to say: >> http://farukat.es/journal/2011/02/499-lest-we-forget-or- >> how-i-learned-whats-so-bad-about-browser-sniffing/ >> >> > I do not trust anyone who says "don't do it this way" but doesn't say how > to do it! > > There are several of "if (isBrowserX()) {...} else {...}" in Wicket JS code > and they served well for the last decade. > Since there are several other *Java* libraries for user agent detection > this means that someone still finds them useful despite what other people > claim.
unreliable things wont get reliably by pointing into the past and then telling that your fater did it the same way.... nowadays you would use feature detection, see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Tools_and_testing/Cross_browser_testing/Feature_detection > > >> btw: >> https://github.com/HaraldWalker/user-agent-utils -> this is EOL, guess >> why... >> https://github.com/pieroxy/java-user-agent-detection/releases -> last >> release from september 2017... >> >> > Sep 2017 is like yesterday (all only MAJOR releases!) 28. September 2017 - Firefox 56 14. November 2017 - Firefox 57 Quantum 23. Januar 2018 - Firefox 58 13. März 2018 - Firefox 59 2017-09-05 - Chrome 61.0.3163 2017-10-17 - Chrome 62.0.3202 2017-12-05 - Chrome 63.0.3239 2018-01-23 - Chrome 64.0.3282 2018-03-06 - Chrome 65.0.3325 and this is just 2 desktop ones! I dont want to talk about the loads of updates my android device got in that time (firefox mobile, chrome and samsung internet!) - oh, and btw: they still lie about the user agent all time.... dont get me wrong, but sep 17 is freaking old in case you need to reliably detect the browser!
