Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Lee Jeffery
what would be the point in an OS check that didnt support certain OS's?

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With older or different operating systems (eg Windows 3.1 is a good example) calling the name of the operating system works differently than with newer ones.

Also detection checkers often are not set to detect many Linux based operating systems.

In the case where certain operating systems can't be identified the page could be directed to a manual choice of operating systems.

Because I hadn't tested this checker on older operating systems and was going purely on hearsay, I covered this eventuality. Also I was basing it on other browser detection checkers I had come across in the past.