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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.
 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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