Name
platform — NN 4 IE 4 DOM n/a
Synopsis
Read-only
Returns the name of the operating system or hardware platform of the
browser. For Windows 95/NT, the value is Win32
;
for a Macintosh running a PowerPC CPU, the value is
MacPPC
. At least for the major platforms
I’ve been able to test, Navigator and Internet Explorer agree
on the returned values. Using this property to determine the baseline
facilities of the client in a conditional expression can help the
page optimize its output for the device.
Example
if (navigator.platform == "Win32") {
document.write( ) content suitable for a Windows 95/NT computer
}
Value
String.
Default
None.
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