How can I detect browser type using jQuery?

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The best solution is probably: use Modernizr.

However, if you necessarily want to use $.browser property, you can do it using jQuery Migrate plugin (for JQuery >= 1.9 – in earlier versions you can just use it) and then do something like:

if($.browser.chrome) {
   alert(1);
} else if ($.browser.mozilla) {
   alert(2);
} else if ($.browser.msie) {
   alert(3);
}

And if you need for some reason to use navigator.userAgent, then it would be:

$.browser.msie = /msie/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase()); 
$.browser.mozilla = /firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());

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