Detecting Browser Version
The provided code successfully detects browser details in Chrome and Mozilla, but fails in IE6. To address this issue, a JavaScript snippet with improved accuracy is provided below.
Improved JavaScript Snippet for Detecting Browser Details:
var nVer = navigator.appVersion; var nAgt = navigator.userAgent; var browserName = navigator.appName; var fullVersion = ''+parseFloat(navigator.appVersion); var majorVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion,10); var nameOffset,verOffset,ix; // In Opera, the true version is after "OPR" or after "Version" if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("OPR"))!=-1) { browserName = "Opera"; fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+4); if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Version"))!=-1) fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+8); } // In MS Edge, the true version is after "Edg" in userAgent else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Edg"))!=-1) { browserName = "Microsoft Edge"; fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+4); } // In MSIE, the true version is after "MSIE" in userAgent else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("MSIE"))!=-1) { browserName = "Microsoft Internet Explorer"; fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+5); } // In Chrome, the true version is after "Chrome" else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Chrome"))!=-1) { browserName = "Chrome"; fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+7); } // In Safari, the true version is after "Safari" or after "Version" else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Safari"))!=-1) { browserName = "Safari"; fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+7); if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Version"))!=-1) fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+8); } // In Firefox, the true version is after "Firefox" else if ((verOffset=nAgt.indexOf("Firefox"))!=-1) { browserName = "Firefox"; fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+8); } // In most other browsers, "name/version" is at the end of userAgent else if ( (nameOffset=nAgt.lastIndexOf(' ')+1) < (verOffset=nAgt.lastIndexOf('/')) ) { browserName = nAgt.substring(nameOffset,verOffset); fullVersion = nAgt.substring(verOffset+1); if (browserName.toLowerCase()==browserName.toUpperCase()) { browserName = navigator.appName; } } // trim the fullVersion string at semicolon/space if present if ((ix=fullVersion.indexOf(";"))!=-1) fullVersion=fullVersion.substring(0,ix); if ((ix=fullVersion.indexOf(" "))!=-1) fullVersion=fullVersion.substring(0,ix); majorVersion = parseInt(''+fullVersion,10); if (isNaN(majorVersion)) { fullVersion = ''+parseFloat(navigator.appVersion); majorVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion,10); } document.write('' +'Browser name = '+browserName+'<br>' +'Full version = '+fullVersion+'<br>' +'Major version = '+majorVersion+'<br>' +'navigator.appName = '+navigator.appName+'<br>' +'navigator.userAgent = '+navigator.userAgent+'<br>' )
Example Output:
Using this improved snippet, the browser version can be obtained in the following format:
Firefox/12.0
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