How to get browser name in javascript or jquery in asp.net ?

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Hi How to get browser name in javascript or jquery and its version also,
i need to check in following browsers like IE 10,IE 11 ,Chrome ,Mozila and opera.

I have code but if i open in IE11,it show browser name as Mozila.i am take code from
http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_window_navigator.asp[^]

navigator.appName in all browser it return Netscape
navigator.appCodeName in all browser it return Mozilla

Note: for IE it show Netscape,is it correct ?

here i attach screenshot of ie ,for this i get code from below link,

https://cube3x.com/get-browser-name-and-version-using-pure-javascript/[^]

for mozila and chrome it show correct name like if i run in chrome it show Chrome,42.0.2311.90 for mozila it show Firefox,37.0

screenshot[^]

Regards
Aravind

Posted 20-Apr-15 23:06pm

Aravindba

Updated 21-Apr-15 0:03am

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-21T00:03:00

Solution 1

You can use Plugins like jQuery Browser Plugin[^].

See the Usage[^].

Posted 21-Apr-15 0:03am

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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NP64 · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-21T00:06:00

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<html>
<head>
    <script>
        navigator.sayswho = (function () {
            var ua = navigator.userAgent, tem, M = ua.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie|trident(?=\/))\/?\s*(\d+)/i) || [];

            if (/trident/i.test(M[1])) {
                tem = /\brv[ :]+(\d+)/g.exec(ua) || [];
                //return 'IE ' + (tem[1] || '');
                return { name: 'IE ', version: (tem[1] || '') };
            }

            if (M[1] === 'Chrome') {
                tem = ua.match(/\bOPR\/(\d+)/);
                //if (tem != null) return 'Opera ' + tem[1];
                if (tem != null) { return { name: 'Opera', version: tem[1] }; }
            }

            M = M[2] ? [M[1], M[2]] : [navigator.appName, navigator.appVersion, '-?'];

            if ((tem = ua.match(/version\/(\d+)/i)) != null) {
                M.splice(1, 1, tem[1]);
            }
            alert('Browser Name: ' + M.join(' and Version # '));
            return M.join(' ');
        })();
    </script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

I was looking for the same and came across above solution. It might be helpful to you.
Ref. site: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5916900/how-can-you-detect-the-version-of-a-browser