Help with Javascript, Browser Detection and how to use it?

[bentoscano]

Hey guys,Long time reader (and learner), first time poster here.I'm definiately a noob when it comes to web page development, but I'm currently putting something nifty together for a school project, and I need some help, specifically re: browser detection and how to use this. What I'm wanting to do is this:- User visits webpage- Script detects browser- If browser is firefox, deploy/use code A- Else if browser is safari, deploy/use code B- Else if browser is IE, deploy/use code C- Browser loads browser-specific codeI would really really appreciate any help I can get here from anyone! Thank you in advance Ben

[jeffman]

There is almost always a better solution than browser detection. Please explain the problem you are trying to solve.

[bentoscano]

There is almost always a better solution than browser detection. Please explain the problem you are trying to solve.

Well, a small part of my code causes my page to only run correctly on Safari and Chrome, however if I alter this ever so slightly the page will display correctly on Firefox.

if(AC.Detector.isCSSAvailable('')){

will display my page properly on Firefox, whereas

if(AC.Detector.isCSSAvailable('-webkit-animation')){

will display my page correctly on Safari and Chrome. So, I want to be able to run each piece of code based on the browser used to visit the site.Thanks heaps Ben

[justsomeguy]

Check for the uncommon case first, so you can probably use something like this:

if(AC.Detector.isCSSAvailable('-webkit-animation')){  ...}else if(AC.Detector.isCSSAvailable('')){  ...}

[bentoscano]

Check for the uncommon case first, so you can probably use something like this:

if(AC.Detector.isCSSAvailable('-webkit-animation')){  ...}else if(AC.Detector.isCSSAvailable('')){  ...}

Doesn't work unfortunately. Thanks for the help and idea though!

[bentoscano]

Nevermind, I just used a simple redirect based on the browser type and detection. Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions though