dectecting windows / mac os / linux ???

[Alias]

How to detect operational system ?
(windows / mac os / linux)


Best Regards

[liorean]

var mac= /mac/i.test(navigator.platform);
var win= /win/i.test(navigator.platform);
var unix= /lin|unix|x11/i.test(navigator.platform);

[Alias]

thanx :thumbsup:

[liorean]

Note, however that what I wrote there doesn't cover ALL unices, or other POSIX conforming systems. Also, I have no idea how BeOS, AmigaOS, OS/2, Plan9, DOS, HURD etc. would be presented.

[brothercake]

If you identify Windows and Mac then I think you can fairly safely call everything else "unix" without upsetting too many people; certainly for practical purposes, if you don't specifically test in multiple OSs there's no point sniffing for them - you only normally need to know if it's 'win', 'mac', or 'something else'

[liorean]

Actually, you might be interested in linux/unix too. For example if you're going to determine what version of an executable the user will want to download.