redirect page depending on browser type?

taval · Sep 16, 2000

How do you redirect to another site/page depending on what browser/browser version the user is using. This is bacause I have a site with iframes that do not work on older versions of netscape?

Grateful for any help, Thanks.
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RobSchultz · Sep 17, 2000

There are many ways of doing this. The simplest is the following...

Code:

<html>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
var chkIE = document.all

if (chkIE) window.location=&quot;[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.microsoft.com&quot;[/URL]
else window.location=&quot;[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.netscape.com&quot;[/URL]
</script>
</html>

You could also check for document.layers for NN. Except for the most simple applications I don't recommend the above. A better and more configurable way is below...

Code:

<html>
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
var browser = navigator.appName;
var version = navigator.appVersion

alert (&quot;Browser: &quot; + browser + &quot;\nVersion: &quot; + version);

var regExp = /Internet\sExplorer/gi
if (browser.search(regExp)>0) window.location=&quot;[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.microsoft.com&quot;[/URL]
else window.location=&quot;[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.netscape.com&quot;[/URL]
</script>
</html>

Hope this helps, [sig]Rob <a href=mailto:robschultz@yahoo.com>robschultz@yahoo.com</a> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
"Focus on the solution to the problem, 
not the obstacles in the way." 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/sig]

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