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[cd1]

Does anybody know of any techniques or quirks in javascript that would allow more reliable detection of the remote web browser than just using user-agent ? Basically, I would like to be able to detect IE vs. Firefox vs. Safari via Javascript and compare whether the browser acts like the browser that the user-agent claims to be.

[perkiset]

There are about a bazillion of these out there.

Start here: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=ultimate+javascript+client+sniffer&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[cd1]

Thanks for the links Perkiset. 

I've looked at most of these before, but all I have found rely on  navigator.useragent or browser.useragent, and then parse it out.  I'm using firefox on linux, but have set my user-agent to IE6 on XP, and haven't found a script yet that will tell me that I'm not really on Windows or using IE.

Maybe some ActiveX detection or something similar might work.  Any ideas?

[cd1]

I just found this:

Code:

var isMSIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false;

Apparently, it uses javascript conditional compilation that will evaluate to true on IE.

[perkiset]

If it's that simple, then you'll like this - it's what I do all the time:

var isIE = ((document.all) && (document.getElementById));

That'll do ya.

But perhaps if you outlined a little more about what you're looking for, it'd be easier to assist you. Are ... um ... penetration testing? Are you trying to write Ajax apps?

[cd1]

Let's just call it "browser content delivery", similar in concept to "IP delivery".

So does anyone have any ideas for positively identifying firefox or safari through the same type of javascript tricks?  Possibly accessing firefox chrome:// with js or something similar. I have no clue where to start w/ safari.