browser-detection is a Meteorite package for detecting the client browser and operating system.

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General Notes

1. You really shouldn't use browser-detection. You should be using feature-detection instead. http://www.quirksmode.org/js/support.html

2. But you're going to use browser-detection anyhow, aren't you? That's cool. Let's just roll with it, and use the following library. http://www.quirksmode.org/js/detect.html

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Installation

First, install the browser-detection package from the command line, like so:

mrt add browser-detection

Alternatively, if you'd like to bypass Atmosphere, and install directly from GitHub, you could update your application's smart.json file, like so:

{
  "meteor": {
    "branch": "master"
  },
  "packages": {
    "browser-detection": {
      "git": "https://github.com/awatson1978/browser-detection.git"
    }
  }
}

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API

The BrowserDetect object supports three parameters.

BrowserDetect.browser
BrowserDetect.version
BrowserDetect.OS

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Supported Browsers and Operating Systems

// currently supports the following browsers
Chrome
OmniWeb
Safari
Opera
iCab
Konqueror
Firefox
Camino
Netscape
Explorer
Mozilla
Netscape


// currently supports the following operating systems
Windows
Mac
iPhone/iPod
Linux

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Example using Iron Router

// example using iron-router
Router.map(function() {
    this.route('specific_post', {
        path: '/post/:_id',
        data: function(){
            // make sure the collections connect
            return Posts.findOne(this.params._id)
        },
        onBeforeAction: function () {
            // render the unsupported browser page if user isn't using Chrome
            if(BrowserDetect.browser != "Chrome"){
                this.render('browserNotSupportedPage');
                this.stop();
            }
            if (!Meteor.user()) {
                this.render('loginPage');
                this.stop();
            }
        }
    });
});

Pull requests totally accepted in helping keep this library up-to-date.

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Licensing

MIT License on the Meteor package stuff. Otherwise, whatever the code at Quirksmode is licensed under. (I'm assuming MIT/GPL) http://www.quirksmode.org/js/detect.html.