Browser Version Sniffer

[ubh]

Been looking for a browser sniffer script for IE5 and below.

I want to avoid IE5 and below from using a script but everything I have seen detects IE5 and IE6 as being the same.

thanks.

[Basscyst]

It's best not to use a browser sniffer, you should use object detection to differentiate code paths. Post a sample of your code and maybe someone can help you out.

[ubh]

Ok well I am using the motion tween lib from here:
Motion Tween Libs

and utilizing its opacity tween function along with its color tween function to preform a very slick fadein when a visitor comes to my site.

unfortunately by using "IETester" it clearly wont work with IE5 but IE6 and up works perfect.

I even pointed IE5 to the Motion Tween Libs site and tried to run the demos but same result its just too modern for IE5.

I don't want to loose the effect, but am willing to drop the effect for IE5 alone.

here is my script:

function startLoading()
{
var docBody = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
docBody.style.background="url(images/loading.gif)";
docBody.style.backgroundColor="#797979";
docBody.style.backgroundPosition="center";
docBody.style.backgroundRepeat="no-repeat";

setTimeout('opacityLoad()',4000);
}

function opacityLoad()
{
document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].style.background="";	

bodyColorTween = new ColorTween(document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].style, 'backgroundColor', Tween.regularEastIn, '797979', 'FFFFFF', 1);
bodyColorTween.start()

headerFadeIn = new OpacityTween(document.getElementById('header'),Tween.regularEaseIn, 0, 100, 1);
setTimeout('headerFadeIn.start()',200);

logoFadeIn = new OpacityTween(document.getElementById('logo'),Tween.regularEaseIn, 0, 100, 1);
setTimeout('logoFadeIn.start()',200);

navigationFadeIn = new OpacityTween(document.getElementById('navigation'),Tween.regularEaseIn, 0, 100, 1);
setTimeout('navigationFadeIn.start()',600);

mainFadeIn = new OpacityTween(document.getElementById('main'),Tween.regularEaseIn, 0, 100, 1);
setTimeout('mainFadeIn.start()',800);

contentFadeIn = new OpacityTween(document.getElementById('content'),Tween.regularEaseIn, 0, 100, 1);
setTimeout('contentFadeIn.start()',1000);

bgDecoFadeIn = new OpacityTween(document.getElementById('bg_deco'),Tween.regularEaseIn, 0, 100, 2);
setTimeout('bgDecoFadeIn.start()',1500);

//SLIDE NAVIGATION ARROW IN FROM THE RIGHT
navArrowStart = new Tween(document.getElementById('nav_arrow').style,'left',Tween.elasticEaseOut,700,40,4,'px'); 
setTimeout('navArrowStart.start()',1000);

//FADE IN NAVIGATION ARROW
navArrowFadeIn = new OpacityTween(document.getElementById('nav_arrow'),Tween.regularEaseIn, 0, 100, 1);
setTimeout('navArrowFadeIn.start()',1200);
}

[rnd me]

i would let it rust.
ie 5.5 is less than 0.1 % of users.

not worth throwing away ie6 support (~25% of users).

[ubh]

wow 1/10th of a percent?

See this is the information I would like to see more often on all sites crying out for slenderizing across the board inorder to fix cross browser frustrations.

Don't get me wrong I am a fully supporter of slenderizing/xhtml an all but please someone, tell me where to draw the lines at full cross browser and browser version compatibility.

thank you rnd me, do have some sites that can show me more stats on current most used browsers and languages?