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...and everyone pretended to be everyone else, and confusion abounded. And then JavaScript driven feature detection came to be, and everyone thought it was a g
by y0ghur7_xxx 14y ago
...and everyone pretended to be everyone else, and confusion abounded.
And then JavaScript driven feature detection came to be, and everyone thought it was a good idea. And the people wrung their hands and wept
- tomjen3 14y agoNot really, because it won't allow you to serve an MS compitable css page.
- deleted 14y ago[deleted]
- ksherlock 14y agoIE conditional comments solve that problem.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoWhat's wrong with it? Unlike user agent sniffing, it works properly.
- nfm 14y agoI think the GP was referring to weeping with joy.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoOh, in that case, carry on!
- bluesnowmonkey 14y agoPeople don't wring their hands with joy.
- yahelc 14y agoThey wrung their hands of user agent sniffing and wept for joy.
- sesqu 14y agoOh? So how do I use it to detect which box model to use in my CSS? How do I use it to detect whether I can use gradients? And if you're just thinking about javascript, I've ran into a few text manipulation functions that always returned "not implemented". But hey, sniffer says they're there! edit: Oh, and there's still plenty of html fun, too. How does your browser support <video>? <thead>? <svg>? I'm guessing the answer starts with "javascript".