Browser Detect

It's like a crystal ball for user agents.

Detect it.

Detects the client browser using the user agent string that was used to make the page request.

Browser Detect currently supports the following browsers and platforms:

Browsers:

• ie
• gecko
• konqueror
• opera
• ipad
• ipod
• iphone
• chrome
• safari

Robots:

• googlebot
• msnbot
• yahoo!

Operating Systems:

• TODO

Use it.

Using Bundler, all you need to do is add the source to your Gemfile:

gem "browser_detect", :git => "git://github.com/traction/browser_detect.git"

Install it:

Then run:

bundle install

or, install it as a plugin:

script/plugin install git://github.com/traction/browser_detect.git

Wield it.

To check the type of browser, use browser_name @browser_name will return either 'ie', 'gecko', 'opera', 'konqueror', 'ipod', 'ipad', 'iphone', 'chrome', 'safari', 'googlebot', 'msnbot', 'yahoobot'

def index
    @browser_name = browser_name
end

To check if a particular browser made the request, use browser_name?(name) If the browser used is chrome, it will return True

def index
    @browser_type = browser_is?("chrome")
end

or in a view using ERB:

<%= browser_is?(:chrome) ? "secrets" : "buzz off" %>

Or choose from the following groupings:

• mozilla
• ie
• webkit
• robots