There's always the "Ultimate Browser Sniffer". The most updated version does involve some object detection, but mostly still chops up the user agent string. It also detects the version of JS. http://www.webreference.com/tools/browser/javascript.html View source on the page to see the current script.
It's big, but probably not that bad when packed (although, you might have to lint it and pick out the little things for it to pack successfully). - Brian > On 09/10/06, Brian Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sam, if that's a problem with your user base, then there are issues that >> go beyond the technical. If my users were that hackish and >> black-hatted, >> I wouldn't be giving them any front-end code at all if I could avoid it. >> I mean, if people are technically savvy enough to change their user >> agent >> string, what stops them from overriding the functions that you provide, >> as >> well? >> >> I say, we split the difference. Leave jquery's browser detection as is, >> and offer "jUntrustworthy" as a plugin, which overrides the original >> implementation with one that uses object detection. >> >> - Brian > > Perhaps I was being a bit paranoid. Most users don't change the user > agent, so perhaps this would be better suited as a plugin and the > current implementation left as it is. It is the rendering engine that > is important, not the browser itself (and all IE-based browsers have > "MSIE" in). > > There could always be a plugin that is more specific (which version of > IE, AOL, Firefox etc) for working around bugs/crashes etc. > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
