I was wondering why jquery would not automatically do a browser sniff,
and fall back to methods that non-supported browsers understand.
Instead of me doing the browser checking, why doesn't jquery do this
for me?
For example, something like this within the show, or animate methods:
if ( $.browser.safari && parseFloat($.browser.version) < 2 ) {
var theobj = document.getElementById("showlayer");
theobj.style.display = "block";
}
Would this browser sniffing significantly increases file size? Is this
the reason why jquery does not do this?
Regards
Richard
On Aug 30, 2:42 am, "Brandon Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Safari version is actually the WebKit build number. Which is 413 for
> Safari 2.
>
> --
> Brandon Aaron
>
> On 8/29/07, Karl Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > If you're using jQuery 1.1.3 or later you can test for the version of
> > Safari really easily:
>
> > if ( $.browser.safari && parseFloat($.browser.version) < 2 ) {
> > // Do stuff for Safari version < 2
> > }
>
> > Karl Rudd
>
> > On 8/29/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I love jquery, the only issue I have is the non-graceful degradation
> > > of some methods with mainly Safari Ver < 2.
> > > I understand this browser is outdated, and perhaps the worst browser
> > > out there, but my colleagues at work still use it.
> > > If some of the features of jquery are not available for safari 1x, why
> > > not make it degrade gracefully?
> > > For instance, I want to show() a division layer, that has set
> > > display:none.
> > > If safari 1x does not support the opacity effects, then why not
> > > degrade to simply changing the container style to display:block,
> > > instead of returning and doing nothing?
> > > I think this would be a great advantage if jquery could do this, i
> > > would like to know why jquery does not support "graceful degradation".
> > > Thank you for any comments.
