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Browser Capability Details  (by Charles Carroll)

Any ASP script attempting to detect a browser needs to realize the following:

  • Currently any new version of a browser is reported as unknown, unless you get an updated browscap.ini file. Even a minor release of a browser may be reported as unknown. The technology this DLL uses cannot "guess" that a new browser with slightly different characteristics is just like the previous one.
  • There is a website you can get a known, reliable browscap.ini. detailed below.

Browscap

Gary Keith keeps an up-to-date BROWSCAP.INI @
http://www.garykeith.com/browsers/downloads.asp
this download gives you the means to correctly identify the latest browser.

BROWSERAWARE1.gif (2779 bytes) The BrowserHawk Component at http://www.cyscape.com/browserhawk offers accuracy far better than what any browscap file can provide. It also provides information on more than twice as many properties, including FileUpload, MouseOver, SSL, DHTML, StyleSheets, Authenticode, OSDetails, Language, and many more! It will even download and install updated browser definition files for you automatically! Evaluation download available at:
http://www.cyscape.com/browserhawk/download.asp

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