Not the most popular option out there but I generally detect IE6 from the agent string and redirect to the Get Firefox page ;)
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 3:51 AM, Marius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charles ... this is not only about JS level. One may simply click a > link or submit a simple form (with NO JS involved) and lift should > probably be aware of browser type it can correct some browser specific > idiosyncrasies in the resulting markup. Certain applications may need > for instance to detect if a mobile browser is used instead of a PC > browser. > > I don't think there is some other option then user-agent. But user- > agent can be used today in lift but I agree that a higher abstraction > is needed. > > P.S. > At JS level, yeah object detection sounds really good. > > Br's, > Marius > > On Sep 26, 12:25 pm, "Charles F. Munat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Browser detection is a really bad idea, and I would recommend avoiding > > it at all costs. A much better solution is object detection. > > > > Here's one pretty good description about why this is so: > > > > http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/objectdetection.html > > > > Here's another: > > > > http://www.quirksmode.org/js/support.html > > > > And one more (for the unconvinced :-) > > > > http://www.evotech.net/blog/2007/07/browser-detection-versus-object-d... > > > > Chas. > > > > Tim Perrett wrote: > > > Am I being dumb here - could we not just run some checks on the user- > > > agent header and respond appropriately? > > > > > It would be very cool if SHtml was browser aware. > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Tim > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
