appName returns IE 3

[y2k1981]

how come the

navigator.appName

returns

Microsoft Internet Explorer

? Why doesn't it return opera?

 

[johncurtis]

In File > Preferences > Network there's an option to identify the browser as Opera, IE or Mozilla. I guess yours is showing IE rather than Opera.

John

 

[OperaFan]

As John said navigator.appName always returns the "spoofed" browser. The easy way to change spoofing mode is to press the "F12" key. The reason for the spoofing mode is to enable Opera to work with pages that sniff for specific browsers.

If as a web developer you need to detect opera then you can parse the UserAgent string which always contains the word "Opera".

You might find this interesting:

http://www.webreference.com/tools/browser/javascript.html

 

[y2k1981]

sorry everybody, I thought I had already responded to this thread. You're both spot on, it was set to detect as IE. and OperaFan, you've just answered my next question.

Thank you both
Martin