test for FF 1.xx and FF 2.xx

[Andrew Poulos]

Is there a way to test whether the browser is Firefox version less than
2.0 or 2.0+?

Andrew Poulos

 

[Randy Webb]

Andrew Poulos said the following on 10/30/2006 7:01 PM:

Is there a way to test whether the browser is Firefox version less than
2.0 or 2.0+?

You feature detect and it doesn't matter. Same as with IE/Firefox/Opera.

 

[ASM]

Andrew Poulos a écrit :

Is there a way to test whether the browser is Firefox version less than
2.0 or 2.0+?

The right question is : what do you need (in FF 2) ?

 

[RobG]

Is there a way to test whether the browser is Firefox version less than
2.0 or 2.0+?

I take a positive view that that you are using this for your own
interest and not for inferring feature support based on browser
sniffing:

alert( navigator.userAgent );

My Firefox 2 looks like:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1)
Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0

*It is unreliable*. However, since few sites use sniffing any more
(though unfortunately some major sites still do) there is less
incentive to fake the UA string.

 

[Andrew Poulos]

I take a positive view that that you are using this for your own
interest and not for inferring feature support based on browser
sniffing:
Thanks

alert( navigator.userAgent );

My Firefox 2 looks like:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1)
Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0

*It is unreliable*. However, since few sites use sniffing any more
(though unfortunately some major sites still do) there is less
incentive to fake the UA string.

I agree with you that using navigator.userAgent is unreliable (I haven't
actually tested the reliability, it just looks suspect).

Andrew Poulos