Wednesday, 15 June 2005.
It seems the browser 'technologies' have settled down ;=)) the choices in Windows XP SP2 boil down to two base type 'Netscape' and 'Microsoft Internet Explorer', although I recently note 'WebTV' added to the list ... each show Mozilla/4.0-5.0 in the 'userAgent' string ...
This is a test using five different 'free' browsers, in Windows XP
(1) Netscape :-
(a) Netscape 7.2,
(b) Mozilla Firefox/1.0.4, and
(2) Microsoft Internet Explorer :-
(a) MSIE, Version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519,
(b) AM Browser, 2.0.0 RC1,
(c) Opera 8.0 ...
Below, the first column, is an icon, with some of the Javascript output, and the second column, a screen image, when each browser was pointed at - http://geoffmclane.com/browser.htm ...
Browser Name : Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser Version : MSIE 6.0 userAgent : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; AM Browser 2.0.0 RC1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50215) |
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Browser Name : Netscape Browser Version : 5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4 userAgent : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4 |
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Browser Name : Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser Version : MSIE 6.0 userAgent : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50215) |
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Browser Name : Netscape Browser Version : 5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) userAgent : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) |
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Browser Name : Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser Version : MSIE 6.0 userAgent : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; en) Opera 8.0 |
Text Summary:
Browser Title : AM Browser 2.0.0
Browser Name : Microsoft Internet Explorer
Browser Version : MSIE 6.0
userAgent : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; AM Browser
2.0.0 RC1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50215)
Browser Title : Firefox/1.0.4
Browser Name : Netscape
Browser Version : 5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8)
Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
userAgent : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8)
Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Browser Title : Microsoft Internet Explorer
Browser Name : Microsoft Internet Explorer
Browser Version : MSIE 6.0
userAgent : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR
1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50215)
Browser Title : Netscape
Browser Name : Netscape
Browser Version : 5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2)
Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)
userAgent : Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2)
Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)
Browser Title : Opera 8.0
Browser Name : Microsoft Internet Explorer
Browser Version : MSIE 6.0
userAgent : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; en) Opera 8.0