IE version sniffing

[ronsig]

Hi

I'm trying to sniff out the exact browser version used, but all IE versions return "4". How can I distinguish between 5, 5.5, 6 etc.?

Thanks,
Ron

 

[starway]

You probably check navigator.appVersion property.
Use navigator.userAgent instead.

Here's what it shows:

for IE5 on win2k -
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

for IE6 on winXP -
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

 

[ronsig]

Thanks!