Is jQuery browser Deprecated

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Can someone tell me if I am correct in believing that jQuery s   browser is has been deprecated   Will my existing implementations continue to work   If not  is there an easy to implement alternative

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The   browser property is deprecated in jQuery 1 3  and its functionality may be moved to a team-supported plugin in a future release of jQuery     From http   api jquery com jQuery browser

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Updated  3 24 2015  scroll below hr    lonesomeday s answer is absolutely correct  I just thought I would add this tidbit  I had made a method a while back for getting browser in Vanilla JS and eventually curved it to replace jQuery browser in later versions of jQuery  It does not interfere with any part of the new jQuery lib  but provides the same functionality of the traditional jQuery browser object  as well as some other little features     New Extended Version    Is much more thorough for newer browser  Also  90   accuracy on mobile testing  I won t say 100   as I haven t tested on every mobile browser  but new feature adds   browser mobile boolean string  It s false if not mobile  else it will be a String name for the mobile device or browser  Best Guesss like  Android  RIM Tablet  iPod  etc       One possible caveat  may not work with some older  unsupported  browsers as it is completely reliant on userAgent string   JS Minified     quick  amp  easy cut  amp  paste       function    if    browser amp  amp 1 9 lt  parseFloat   fn jquery   var a  browser void 0 version void 0 mobile  1  navigator amp  amp navigator userAgent amp  amp  a ua navigator userAgent a webkit  WebKit i test a ua  a browserArray  MSIE Chrome Opera Kindle Silk BlackBerry PlayBook Android Safari Mozilla Nokia  split       Sony      i test a ua  a mobile  Sony   RIM Tablet i test a ua  a mobile  RIM Tablet   BlackBerry i test a ua  a mobile  BlackBerry   iPhone i test a ua  a mobile  iPhone   iPad i test a ua  a mobile  iPad   iPod i test a ua  a mobile  iPod   Opera Mini i test a ua  a mobile  Opera Mini   IEMobile i test a ua  a mobile  IEMobile   BB 0-9  1    Touch i test a ua  a mobile  BlackBerry   Nokia i test a ua  a mobile  Nokia   Android i test a ua  amp  amp  a mobile  Android    MSIE Trident i test a ua   a browser  MSIE  a version  MSIE i test navigator userAgent  amp  amp 0 lt parseFloat a ua split  MSIE   1  replace    0-9    g      parseFloat a ua split  MSIE   1  replace    0-9    g       Edge   Trident i test a ua  amp  amp  rv   0-9  1     0-9  0     test a ua  amp  amp  a version parseFloat a ua match  rv   0-9  1     0-9  0      1  replace    0-9    g         Chrome  test a ua   a browser  Chrome  a version parseFloat a ua split  Chrome    1  split  Safari   0  replace    0-9    g        Opera  test a ua   a browser  Opera  a version parseFloat a ua split  Version    1  replace    0-9    g        Kindle Silk KFTT KFOT KFJWA KFJWI KFSOWI KFTHWA KFTHWI KFAPWA KFAPWI i test a ua   a mobile  Kindle   Silk i test a ua   a browser  Silk  a version parseFloat a ua split  Silk    1  split  Safari   0  replace    0-9    g        Kindle i test a ua  amp  amp  Version i test a ua  amp  amp  a browser  Kindle  a version parseFloat a ua split  Version    1  split  Safari   0  replace    0-9    g         BlackBerry  test a ua   a browser  BlackBerry  a version parseFloat a ua split      1  replace    0-9    g        PlayBook  test a ua   a browser  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x000D   x000D      jQuery browser x000D      author J D  McKinstry  2014  x000D      description Made to replicate older jQuery browser command in jQuery versions 1 9  x000D      see http   jsfiddle net SpYk3 wsqfbe4s  x000D     x000D      extends jQuery x000D      namespace jQuery browser x000D      example jQuery browser browser     browserNameInLowerCase  x000D      example jQuery browser version x000D      example jQuery browser mobile  returns BOOLEAN x000D      example jQuery browser  browserNameInLowerCase   x000D      example jQuery browser chrome  returns BOOLEAN x000D      example jQuery browser safari  returns BOOLEAN x000D      example jQuery browser opera  returns BOOLEAN x000D      example jQuery browser msie  returns BOOLEAN x000D      example jQuery browser mozilla  returns BOOLEAN x000D      example jQuery browser webkit  returns BOOLEAN x000D      example jQuery browser ua  returns navigator userAgent String x000D      x000D     function    if    browser amp  amp 1 9 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Second Question     Will my existing implementations continue to work  If not  is there an   easy to implement alternative    The answer is yes  but not without a little work     browser is an official plugin which was included in older versions of jQuery  so like any plugin you can simple copy it and incorporate it into your project or you can simply add it to the end of any jQuery release   I have extracted the code for you incase you wish to use it        Limit scope pollution from any deprecated API  function          var matched  browser      Use of jQuery browser is frowned upon     More details  http   api jquery com jQuery browser    jQuery uaMatch maintained for back-compat     jQuery uaMatch   function  ua             ua   ua toLowerCase             var match     chrome         w      exec  ua                    webkit         w      exec  ua                    opera      version          w      exec  ua                    msie     w      exec  ua                  ua indexOf  compatible    lt  0  amp  amp    mozilla        rv    w        exec  ua                               return               browser  match  1                      version  match  2       0                         matched   jQuery uaMatch  navigator userAgent        browser            if   matched browser             browser  matched browser     true          browser version   matched version            Chrome is Webkit  but Webkit is also Safari      if   browser chrome             browser webkit   true        else if   browser webkit             browser safari   true             jQuery browser   browser       jQuery sub   function             function jQuerySub  selector  context                 return new jQuerySub fn init  selector  context                      jQuery extend  true  jQuerySub  this            jQuerySub superclass   this          jQuerySub fn   jQuerySub prototype   this            jQuerySub fn constructor   jQuerySub          jQuerySub sub   this sub          jQuerySub fn init   function init  selector  context                 if   context  amp  amp  context instanceof jQuery  amp  amp    context instanceof jQuerySub                      context   jQuerySub  context                               return jQuery fn init call  this  selector  context  rootjQuerySub                       jQuerySub fn init prototype   jQuerySub fn          var rootjQuerySub   jQuerySub document           return jQuerySub                    If you re asking why anyone would need a depreciated plugin  I have prepared the following answer   First and foremost the answer is compatibility  Since jQuery is plugin based  some developers opted to use   browser and with the latest releases of jQuery which doesn t include   browser all those plugins where rendered useless   jQuery did release a migration plugin  which was created for developers to detect whether their plugin s used any depreciated dependencies such as   browser   Although this helped developers patch their plugin s  jQuery dropped   browser completely so the above fix is probably the only solution until your developers patch or incorporate the above   About  jQuery browser

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Here I present an alternative way to detect a browser  based on feature availability   To detect only IE  you can use this   if    cc on    false    typeof ScriptEngineMajorVersion      function           You are using IE gt  4  unreliable for IE11    else         You are using other browser     To detect the most popular browsers   if    cc on    false    typeof ScriptEngineMajorVersion      function           You are using IE  gt   4  unreliable for IE11       else if window chrome          You are using Chrome or Chromium   else if window opera          You are using Opera  gt   9 2   else if  MozBoxSizing  in document body style          You are using Firefox or Firefox based  gt   3 2   else if    toString call window HTMLElement  indexOf  Constructor   1          You are using Safari  gt   3 1   else         Unknown     This answer was updated because IE11 no longer supports conditional compilation  the    cc on    false trick   You can check Did IE11 remove javascript conditional compilation  for more informations regarding this topic  I ve used the suggestion they presented there  Alternatively  you can use typeof document body style msTransform     string  or document body style msTransform     window undefined or even  msTransform  in document body style

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From the official documentation at http   api jquery com jQuery browser       This property was removed in jQuery 1 9 and is available only through the jQuery migrate plugin    You can use for example jquery-migrate-1 4 1 js to keep your existing code or plugins that use   browser still working while you find a way to totally get rid of   browser from your code in the future

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From the documentation      The   browser property is deprecated in jQuery 1 3  and its functionality may be moved to a team-supported plugin in a future release of jQuery    So  yes  it is deprecated  but your existing implementations will continue to work  If the functionality is removed  it will likely be easily accessible using a plugin   As to whether there is an alternative    The answer is  yes  probably   It is far  far better to do feature detection using   support rather than browser detection  detect the actual feature you need  not the browser that provides it  Most important features that vary from browser to browser are detected with that     Update 16 February 2013  In jQuery 1 9  this feature was removed  docs   It is far better not to use it  If you really  really must use its functionality  you can restore it with the jQuery Migrate plugin

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