Detect IE6 with Jquery

Question

Guys,

I am trying to establish how to detect the IE browser in jQuery 1.3.X - now before you all write "its deprecated in 1.3.x!" - I know this. I have this code

if (jQuery.browser.msie && jQuery.browser.version == "6.0") {
  alert ("This is less than IE7");
} else {
  alert ("This is greater than IE7");
}

When running it in IE8 - IE6 (quirks), IE7 and IE8 all return "less than IE7". Can anyone help me determine this correctly using jquery ? (please note: using jquery)

Edit: I am trying to basically change the position element in IE6 to "absolute" and use "fixed" for IE7 and IE8. Not sure how to do this without detecting browser?

Edit2: Seems something like this might work?

   if ((window.XMLHttpRequest == undefined) && (ActiveXObject != undefined)) {
     alert ("This is not IE6");
       } else {
     alert ("This is greater than IE6"); 
       }

Answer 1

you can always do this sort of thing with html or css...why do it with jquery?