Detecting platforms with JavaScript

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The platform or OS of client machine can be determined with the navigator.platform object.

Example of analyzing visitor's OS with JavaScript

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
	<p id="para"></p>
	<script>
        var OSName="Unknown OS";
        if (navigator.platform.indexOf("Win")!=-1){
	        OSName="Windows";
        }
        if (navigator.platform.indexOf("Mac")!=-1){
	        OSName="MacOS";
        }
        if (navigator.platform.indexOf("X11")!=-1){
	        OSName="UNIX";
        }
        if (navigator.platform.indexOf("Linux")!=-1){
	        OSName="Linux";
        }

        document.getElementById("para").innerHTML = "OS of the system is " + OSName;
	</script>
</body>

</html>

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