Contains information about the current web browser.
Platform Support
| IE | Mozilla | Netscape | Opera | Safari | 3.0+ | 1.0+ | 2.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Constructors
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Navigator Constructor() : Navigator
Creates a new instance of a Navigator object.
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Navigator() : NavigatorCreates a new instance of a Navigator object. Returns
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Properties
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Code name of the browser.
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No Details | 3.0+ | 1.0+ | 3.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Name of the browser.
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No Details | 3.0+ | 1.0+ | 3.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Platform and version of the web browser.
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No Details | 3.0+ | 1.0+ | 3.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Whether or not the browser has cookies enabled.
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No Details | 4.0+ | 1.0+ | 6.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Default language of the web browser.
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No Details | no | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Array of MIME type objects supported by the web browser.
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No Details | no | 1.0+ | 2.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Client OS.
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No Details | 4.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Array of plugins installed in the browser.
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No Details | no | 1.0+ | 3.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Default language of the OS.
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No Details | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
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Specifies the value the browser uses for the user-agent header in http requests.
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No Details | 3.0+ | 1.0+ | 2.0+ | 7.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Preferred language of the user.
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No Details | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
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Functions
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javaEnabled() : Boolean
Specifies whether or not Java is supported and enabled by the browser.
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Returns
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plugins.refresh([Boolean reload]) : Object
Makes newly installed plugins available to the web browser.
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Parameters
Returns
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References
Availability
JavaScript 1.0|enhanced in JavaScript 1.1 and 1.2
