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Change link destination based on whether user has mac or PC

Answer 1

+1 A:

You can check the UserAgent header to tell Mac and PC browsers apart.

Developer Art 2009-09-15 19:05:54

You can't be 100% sure from the User-Agent header, as this can be faked.

system PAUSE 2009-09-15 19:08:03

Sure you can't. But there are no alternatives either that will give you a 100% accuracy.

Developer Art 2009-09-15 20:08:42

Answer 2

A:

Yes. It's not foolproof, but can be done. Here's a sample of Javascript detecting your OS. You could simply opt to display a different div or something similar depending on the result.

Andrew Flanagan 2009-09-15 19:06:53

Answer 3

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Here is an example

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function yourOS() {
var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
if (ua.indexOf("win") != -1) {
    return "Windows";
} else if (ua.indexOf("mac") != -1) {
    return "Macintosh";
} else if (ua.indexOf("linux") != -1) {
    return "Linux";
} else if (ua.indexOf("x11") != -1) {
    return "Unix";
} else {
    return "Computers";
}
}
</script>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to GiantCo Computers</h2>
<h2>We love 
<script type="text/javascript">document.write(yourOS())</script>
<noscript>Computers</noscript>
Users!</h2>
</body>
</html>

from http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaScript/Development/Getusersoperatingsysteminformation.htm

ldog 2009-09-15 19:07:40

LOL "We love Computers Users!"

system PAUSE 2009-09-15 19:10:17

That is really helpful guys, at least i now know it is possible to do. Now all i need to do is work out how to get it to link to a diffrent page rather than just return a text result.Cheers CHRIS

Chris Davies 2009-09-16 16:39:39

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