Hi David, On 15 Oct 2014, at 11:25 am, David Holt <[email protected]> wrote:
> We're beginning to tackle just this problem. One helpful site is > http://www.whatismybrowser.com and has an API available, but I'm not sure > that it does anything different than you could do in WO. We use it in a > support context to tell people whether they are running a browser considered > out of date and gives instructions for how to update, turn on JavaScript etc. > I've realized since, though that it is quite laptop/desktop centric since a > quick download will not be the solution to upgrade a browser on mobile > devices. Thanks I'll take a look at that. Google suggests there is at least one Java-based browser sniffing project in what seems like active development, which might be useful: https://github.com/HaraldWalker/user-agent-utils Presumably you could write a more modern implementation of ERXBrowser with something like that. > Another problem we're encountering is the huge variety in connection speed > differences between "modern" devices. Also, since people are now using USB > cel sticks or their mobile devices as hotspots for laptops, the variety is > unpredictable and vast. We can no longer make the assumptions about > connection speed that we could have even a couple of years ago. > > Sorry for no solution, but maybe our experience can add fuel to the fire :) Definitely. I really just wanted to know what other people were doing. I fully understand the philosophical objection to browser sniffing, and the theoretical superiority of client-side capability detection and responsive design, but sometimes you have to solve actual problems in the real world on a limited budget. In this case, all I want to know is whether the user is probably running a "mobile" browser at the time of their first request. -- Paul Hoadley http://logicsquad.net/
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