It’s several years later, and the Edge browser now uses Chromium as its rendering engine. Checking for IE 11 is still a thing, sadly. Here is a more straightforward approach, as ancient versions of IE should be gone. if (window.document.documentMode) { // Do IE stuff } Here is my old answer (2014): In Edge the … Read more
navigator.saysWho = (() => { const { userAgent } = navigator let match = userAgent.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie|trident(?=\/))\/?\s*(\d+)/i) || [] let temp if (/trident/i.test(match[1])) { temp = /\brv[ :]+(\d+)/g.exec(userAgent) || [] return `IE ${temp[1] || ”}` } if (match[1] === ‘Chrome’) { temp = userAgent.match(/\b(OPR|Edge)\/(\d+)/) if (temp !== null) { return temp.slice(1).join(‘ ‘).replace(‘OPR’, ‘Opera’) } temp = userAgent.match(/\b(Edg)\/(\d+)/) … Read more
How can you detect the version of a browser?
Googling for browser reliable detection often results in checking the User agent string. This method is not reliable, because it’s trivial to spoof this value. I’ve written a method to detect browsers by duck-typing. Only use the browser detection method if it’s truly necessary, such as showing browser-specific instructions to install an extension. Use feature … Read more
Detecting a mobile browser
What is the best way to detect a mobile device?