I started to write a Script to read OS and browser version that can be tested on Fiddle. Feel free to use and extend.
Breaking Change:
Since September 2020 the new Edge gets detected. So 'Microsoft Edge' is the new version based on Chromium and the old Edge is now detected as 'Microsoft Legacy Edge'!
/**
* JavaScript Client Detection
* (C) viazenetti GmbH (Christian Ludwig)
*/
(function (window) {
{
var unknown = '-';
// screen
var screenSize = '';
if (screen.width) {
width = (screen.width) ? screen.width : '';
height = (screen.height) ? screen.height : '';
screenSize += '' + width + " x " + height;
}
// browser
var nVer = navigator.appVersion;
var nAgt = navigator.userAgent;
var browser = navigator.appName;
var version = '' + parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);
var majorVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion, 10);
var nameOffset, verOffset, ix;
// Opera
if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('Opera')) != -1) {
browser = 'Opera';
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 6);
if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('Version')) != -1) {
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 8);
}
}
// Opera Next
if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('OPR')) != -1) {
browser = 'Opera';
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 4);
}
// Legacy Edge
else if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('Edge')) != -1) {
browser = 'Microsoft Legacy Edge';
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 5);
}
// Edge (Chromium)
else if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('Edg')) != -1) {
browser = 'Microsoft Edge';
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 4);
}
// MSIE
else if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('MSIE')) != -1) {
browser = 'Microsoft Internet Explorer';
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 5);
}
// Chrome
else if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('Chrome')) != -1) {
browser = 'Chrome';
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 7);
}
// Safari
else if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('Safari')) != -1) {
browser = 'Safari';
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 7);
if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('Version')) != -1) {
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 8);
}
}
// Firefox
else if ((verOffset = nAgt.indexOf('Firefox')) != -1) {
browser = 'Firefox';
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 8);
}
// MSIE 11+
else if (nAgt.indexOf('Trident/') != -1) {
browser = 'Microsoft Internet Explorer';
version = nAgt.substring(nAgt.indexOf('rv:') + 3);
}
// Other browsers
else if ((nameOffset = nAgt.lastIndexOf(' ') + 1) < (verOffset = nAgt.lastIndexOf('/'))) {
browser = nAgt.substring(nameOffset, verOffset);
version = nAgt.substring(verOffset + 1);
if (browser.toLowerCase() == browser.toUpperCase()) {
browser = navigator.appName;
}
}
// trim the version string
if ((ix = version.indexOf(';')) != -1) version = version.substring(0, ix);
if ((ix = version.indexOf(' ')) != -1) version = version.substring(0, ix);
if ((ix = version.indexOf(')')) != -1) version = version.substring(0, ix);
majorVersion = parseInt('' + version, 10);
if (isNaN(majorVersion)) {
version = '' + parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);
majorVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion, 10);
}
// mobile version
var mobile = /Mobile|mini|Fennec|Android|iP(ad|od|hone)/.test(nVer);
// cookie
var cookieEnabled = (navigator.cookieEnabled) ? true : false;
if (typeof navigator.cookieEnabled == 'undefined' && !cookieEnabled) {
document.cookie = 'testcookie';
cookieEnabled = (document.cookie.indexOf('testcookie') != -1) ? true : false;
}
// system
var os = unknown;
var clientStrings = [
{s:'Windows 10', r:/(Windows 10.0|Windows NT 10.0)/},
{s:'Windows 8.1', r:/(Windows 8.1|Windows NT 6.3)/},
{s:'Windows 8', r:/(Windows 8|Windows NT 6.2)/},
{s:'Windows 7', r:/(Windows 7|Windows NT 6.1)/},
{s:'Windows Vista', r:/Windows NT 6.0/},
{s:'Windows Server 2003', r:/Windows NT 5.2/},
{s:'Windows XP', r:/(Windows NT 5.1|Windows XP)/},
{s:'Windows 2000', r:/(Windows NT 5.0|Windows 2000)/},
{s:'Windows ME', r:/(Win 9x 4.90|Windows ME)/},
{s:'Windows 98', r:/(Windows 98|Win98)/},
{s:'Windows 95', r:/(Windows 95|Win95|Windows_95)/},
{s:'Windows NT 4.0', r:/(Windows NT 4.0|WinNT4.0|WinNT|Windows NT)/},
{s:'Windows CE', r:/Windows CE/},
{s:'Windows 3.11', r:/Win16/},
{s:'Android', r:/Android/},
{s:'Open BSD', r:/OpenBSD/},
{s:'Sun OS', r:/SunOS/},
{s:'Chrome OS', r:/CrOS/},
{s:'Linux', r:/(Linux|X11(?!.*CrOS))/},
{s:'iOS', r:/(iPhone|iPad|iPod)/},
{s:'Mac OS X', r:/Mac OS X/},
{s:'Mac OS', r:/(Mac OS|MacPPC|MacIntel|Mac_PowerPC|Macintosh)/},
{s:'QNX', r:/QNX/},
{s:'UNIX', r:/UNIX/},
{s:'BeOS', r:/BeOS/},
{s:'OS/2', r:/OS/2/},
{s:'Search Bot', r:/(nuhk|Googlebot|Yammybot|Openbot|Slurp|MSNBot|Ask Jeeves/Teoma|ia_archiver)/}
];
for (var id in clientStrings) {
var cs = clientStrings[id];
if (cs.r.test(nAgt)) {
os = cs.s;
break;
}
}
var osVersion = unknown;
if (/Windows/.test(os)) {
osVersion = /Windows (.*)/.exec(os)[1];
os = 'Windows';
}
switch (os) {
case 'Mac OS':
case 'Mac OS X':
case 'Android':
osVersion = /(?:Android|Mac OS|Mac OS X|MacPPC|MacIntel|Mac_PowerPC|Macintosh) ([.\_d]+)/.exec(nAgt)[1];
break;
case 'iOS':
osVersion = /OS (d+)_(d+)_?(d+)?/.exec(nVer);
osVersion = osVersion[1] + '.' + osVersion[2] + '.' + (osVersion[3] | 0);
break;
}
// flash (you'll need to include swfobject)
/* script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js" */
var flashVersion = 'no check';
if (typeof swfobject != 'undefined') {
var fv = swfobject.getFlashPlayerVersion();
if (fv.major > 0) {
flashVersion = fv.major + '.' + fv.minor + ' r' + fv.release;
}
else {
flashVersion = unknown;
}
}
}
window.jscd = {
screen: screenSize,
browser: browser,
browserVersion: version,
browserMajorVersion: majorVersion,
mobile: mobile,
os: os,
osVersion: osVersion,
cookies: cookieEnabled,
flashVersion: flashVersion
};
}(this));
alert(
'OS: ' + jscd.os +' '+ jscd.osVersion + '
' +
'Browser: ' + jscd.browser +' '+ jscd.browserMajorVersion +
' (' + jscd.browserVersion + ')
' +
'Mobile: ' + jscd.mobile + '
' +
'Flash: ' + jscd.flashVersion + '
' +
'Cookies: ' + jscd.cookies + '
' +
'Screen Size: ' + jscd.screen + '
' +
'Full User Agent: ' + navigator.userAgent
);
