Roster/PracticalBrowserSniffer.js

// PracticalBrowserSniffer.js - Detect Browser
// Requires JavaScript 1.1
/*
The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/

Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
implied. See the License for the specific language governing
rights and limitations under the License.

The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bob Clary.

Contributor(s): Bob Clary, Original Work, Copyright 1999-2000
                Bob Clary, Netscape Communications, Copyright 2001


Note:

Acquired from: http://developer.netscape.com/evangelism/tools/practical-browser-sniffing/
Last update: July 17, 2001

*/

// work around bug in xpcdom Mozilla 0.9.1
window.saveNavigator = window.navigator;

// Handy functions
function noop() {}
function noerror() { return true; }

function defaultOnError(msg, url, line)
{
	// customize this for your site
	if (top.location.href.indexOf('_files/errors/') == -1)
		top.location = '/evangelism/xbProjects/_files/errors/index.html?msg=' + escape(msg) + '&url=' + escape(url) + '&line=' + escape(line);
}

// Display Error page... 
// XXX: more work to be done here
//
function reportError(message)
{
	// customize this for your site
	if (top.location.href.indexOf('_files/errors/') == -1)
		top.location = '/evangelism/xbProjects/_files/errors/index.html?msg=' + escape(message);
}

function pageRequires(cond, msg, redirectTo)
{
	if (!cond)
	{
		msg = 'This page requires ' + msg;
		top.location = redirectTo + '?msg=' + escape(msg);
	}
	// return cond so can use in <A> onclick handlers to exclude browsers
	// from pages they do not support.
	return cond;
}

function detectBrowser()
{
	var oldOnError = window.onerror;
	var element = null;
	
	window.onerror = defaultOnError;

	navigator.OS		= '';
	navigator.version	= 0;
	navigator.org		= '';
	navigator.family	= '';

	var platform;
	if (typeof(window.navigator.platform) != 'undefined')
	{
		platform = window.navigator.platform.toLowerCase();
		if (platform.indexOf('win') != -1)
			navigator.OS = 'win';
		else if (platform.indexOf('mac') != -1)
			navigator.OS = 'mac';
		else if (platform.indexOf('unix') != -1 || platform.indexOf('linux') != -1 || platform.indexOf('sun') != -1)
			navigator.OS = 'nix';
	}

	var i = 0;
	var ua = window.navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	
	if (ua.indexOf('opera') != -1)
	{
		i = ua.indexOf('opera');
		navigator.family	= 'opera';
		navigator.org		= 'opera';
		navigator.version	= parseFloat('0' + ua.substr(i+6), 10);
	}
	else if ((i = ua.indexOf('msie')) != -1)
	{
		navigator.org		= 'microsoft';
		navigator.version	= parseFloat('0' + ua.substr(i+5), 10);
		
		if (navigator.version < 4)
			navigator.family = 'ie3';
		else
			navigator.family = 'ie4'
	}
	else if (typeof(window.controllers) != 'undefined' && typeof(window.locationbar) != 'undefined')
	{
		i = ua.lastIndexOf('/')
		navigator.version = parseFloat('0' + ua.substr(i+1), 10);
		navigator.family = 'gecko';

		if (ua.indexOf('netscape') != -1)
			navigator.org = 'netscape';
		else if (ua.indexOf('compuserve') != -1)
			navigator.org = 'compuserve';
		else
			navigator.org = 'mozilla';
	}
	else if ((ua.indexOf('mozilla') !=-1) && (ua.indexOf('spoofer')==-1) && (ua.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (ua.indexOf('opera')==-1)&& (ua.indexOf('webtv')==-1) && (ua.indexOf('hotjava')==-1))
	{
	    var is_major = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);
    
		if (is_major < 4)
			navigator.version = is_major;
		else
		{
			i = ua.lastIndexOf('/')
			navigator.version = parseFloat('0' + ua.substr(i+1), 10);
		}
		navigator.org = 'netscape';
		navigator.family = 'nn' + parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
	}
	else if ((i = ua.indexOf('aol')) != -1 )
	{
		// aol
		navigator.family	= 'aol';
		navigator.org		= 'aol';
		navigator.version	= parseFloat('0' + ua.substr(i+4), 10);
	}

	navigator.DOMCORE1	= (typeof(document.getElementsByTagName) != 'undefined' && typeof(document.createElement) != 'undefined');
	navigator.DOMCORE2	= (navigator.DOMCORE1 && typeof(document.getElementById) != 'undefined' && typeof(document.createElementNS) != 'undefined');
	navigator.DOMHTML	= (navigator.DOMCORE1 && typeof(document.getElementById) != 'undefined');
	navigator.DOMCSS1	= ( (navigator.family == 'gecko') || (navigator.family == 'ie4') );

	navigator.DOMCSS2   = false;
	if (navigator.DOMCORE1)
	{
		element = document.createElement('p');
		navigator.DOMCSS2 = (typeof(element.style) == 'object');
	}

	navigator.DOMEVENTS	= (typeof(document.createEvent) != 'undefined');

	window.onerror = oldOnError;
}

detectBrowser();