how do i check the FireFox browsers?

[Keendev]

hi,

how do i check the FireFox browsers?

hi got a free javascript scroll script and it runs on all
except on firefox.

and inside the script a function

function checkBrowser(){

this.ver=navigator.appVersion

this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0

this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>1 && this.dom)?1:0;

this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom)?1:0;

this.ns5=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0;

this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0;

this.bw=(this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns5)

return this

}

don't know yet why it is not working firefox..maybe it's on that code

pls advice.
thanks

 

[Keendev]

also ,how do i add firefox to check in this block of code ?
if (ie || n6)
{
// do it
}

i think its also in there the problem...


thanks

 

[BabyJeffy]

Attack the problem from a different angle... get a different (free) scroll script that does work in Firefox (and all other browsers). The fact that the scroller you have relies on "browser sniffing" techniques (which were made redundant years ago) says to me that it is time for an upgrade to something else.

Good luck,
Jeff

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I agree. Move on - rewrite the code, not block it so it does not work on a modern, up-to-date browser.

Your code was clearly written a long time ago - it's time to modernise.

Dan



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[Keendev]

thanks guys.

 

[Keendev]

last question..

how would I know if the user's current browser is firefox??

something like...
if (Browser is equal to Firefox)
{
//display message
// redirect to another page
}
else
//current page
}

 

[BabyJeffy]

Using similar code as you already use to determine if the browser is running as IE or NS. You will have to identify the unique portion of the navigator.userAgent string. You would probably use indexOf() looking for an occurance of "Firefox".

Cheers,
Jeff

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

if (navigator.userAgent.indexof('Firefox') != -1) {

Although this is not 100% guaranteed, as some browsers have the ability to modify their user agent string.

I really cannot recommend highly enough that you modify your script to make this unnecessary. Perhaps if you posted the script and asked for help with modernising it, that would be a start?

Dan



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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Ooops.. "indexof" in my last post should have been "indexOf".

Dan



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