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Getting browser type and version?
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santhosh.R gowda
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Joined: Apr 06, 2009
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I want to get browser type and version from the request and i had used request .getHeader("User_Agent") but im getting
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) .but im using MSIE.. and even tried not installing the mozilla also but im getting the same value....please conclude me how to get the type and version of browser
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Paul Sturrock
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All the user_agent header does is reports what the browser tells it. IE tells you just what you are seeing. See this for more about IE user agent strings.
NB: you need to be aware there are browsers that will spoof this to avoid browser compatability restrictions. For example you can get Opera to report itself as IE.
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Bear Bibeault
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Why do you need this information? If it's to conditionals JavaScript, there are better techniques than browser detection.
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