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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 29th Jul 2003 19:22
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.. oki well i'm learning howto grab what version of the browser as i'm kinda getting aware that some browsers need different code for things.

but i've come across a weird problem, or well just something weird.
why does it pass back this as my brower info?

navigator.appCodeName = Mozilla
navigator.appName = Microsoft Internet Explorer
navigator.appVersion = 4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
navigator.userAgent = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
navigator.platform = Win32

i mean i thought Mozilla was a different internet browser entirely
and this is my current browser version 6.0.2600.0000.xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107

so hmm... just wondering why these report things different to what i'd expect them to.
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Rob K
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Posted: 29th Jul 2003 20:33
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Mozilla is a seperate browser, but it lies to prevent websites from blocking access to its users (many websites won't allow the browser in if MSIE isn't in the useragent string)


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indi
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Posted: 29th Jul 2003 21:10
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using php you can write a clarification script by noticing mozillas always have a /then a number to indicate if its 4.7 or 6.0.

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Ian T
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Posted: 29th Jul 2003 22:22
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Yup. I'm using Opera but it's identified as IE 6.0. No detecting sites can tell.

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Shock
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Posted: 29th Jul 2003 22:52
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I thought *most* browser's where actually based upon mozilla's code, or used large parts of mozilla's code for the browser?.

Im probably wrong lol.

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Ian T
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Posted: 30th Jul 2003 00:00
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Netscape does. Not any others that I can think of. Opera and IE are certainly their own code.

Bossy comment that most people hate: It's browsers not browser's

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Eddie Gordo
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Posted: 30th Jul 2003 00:48
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Yeah for a while Mozilla and AOL were together so Mozilla is just an open source Netscape...

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indi
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Posted: 30th Jul 2003 06:31
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sorry mouse your incorrect there, unless Ive just invented a line in php thats incorrect, it works here anyway

part of my php browser detection script


elseif (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, 'Opera')) $CurrentBrowser = "Opera";

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 30th Jul 2003 08:20
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Opera=(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1) ? true : false;

and thats tha java of it
it just seemed weird to me that IE was comming back with the CodeName Mozilla and was returning v4.0 as the major one (when i would've though 4.3 would've been prefered) then in brackets a minor version.
just kinda confusing is all.

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Posted: 30th Jul 2003 18:32
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In Opera you can change the browser's identity. You can choose between Opera, various Mozilla Versions and IE 6.0. (File -> Quick Preferences)

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Ian T
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Posted: 30th Jul 2003 18:59
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indi, my brower dosen't broadcast as Opera, so your script can't tell. You can choose what to identify as.

And no, Mozilla is much more than an open-source netscape, it's faster and less clunky

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indi
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mouse I bet whatever it spits out that its detectable

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Ian T
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Hmmm, okay .

You could make a page to check it, and we could see .

Personally, I think that if Opera can trick Microsoft's site into thinking I'm using IE 6, it's pretty undetectable.

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indi
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SERVERCALL$ : Browser and Operating system : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98) Opera 7.11 [en]

heh need i say more?

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indi
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Posted: 1st Aug 2003 08:50
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mouse try this site

www.lunarpixel.com/php_dev/browser.php

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Mouse -- AMEN! Mozilla, ah . . .

Looking forward to Mo's Firebird 1.0. Ah . . .

Opera is pretty good, though.

[sung, to the tune of "Blowin' in the Wind"] How many browsers . . . must a man browse on . . . before you can browse the net secure? [/sung]

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Good trick, indi.

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 1st Aug 2003 15:15
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indi it returns the same info as the javascript version
people who change thier browers to fool should know there are ways around it no matter what.



Mozilla=(document.getElementById) ? true : false;
iExplorer=(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
NetScape6=(navigator.vendor == ("Netscape6") != -1) ? true : false;
NetScapeOther=(document.layers) ? true : false;
Opera=(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1) ? true : false;

thats the javascript you'd need for each one... you just check particular elements, not matter what you set your broswer to they don't change.

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indi
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Posted: 1st Aug 2003 16:20
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heh, it works and it works very well regardless of client side issues.
In order to detect it tho you have to make it a priority before detecting mozilla and explorer browsers.

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Ian T
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Posted: 1st Aug 2003 18:19
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Pretty good stuff indi. I stand corrected .

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indi
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Posted: 2nd Aug 2003 05:45
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no worries, perhaps next time have a little more faith

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