From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-11-25T11:56:21+09:00
Subject: Re: PLATFORM tests

mental@rydia.net wrote:
> Quoting Kero <kero@chello.single-dot.nl>:
> 
> 
>>>Precisely.  Tests for specific platforms are almost worthless
>>>-- you want to test for specific features or behaviors instead.
>>
>>Duck platforming
> 
> 
> BINGO.

Which, for example, is a preferred way to do cross-browser JavaScript 
coding, as simply inspecting a user-agent string is often misleading.

Better to to see if a critical function or property is defined, and does
The Right Thing, and gracefully fall back if missing.

See the things you learn using JavaScript?

James

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