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    NavigatorID.appName

    Deprecated
    This feature has been removed from the Web standards. Though some browsers may still support it, it is in the process of being dropped. Do not use it in old or new projects. Pages or Web apps using it may break at any time.

    The NavigatorID.appName property returns the name of the browser. The HTML5 specification also allows any browser to return "Netscape" here, for compatibility reasons.

    Note: Do not rely on this property to return the correct browser name. In most browsers (like Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer) the returned string is "Netscape".

    SyntaxEdit

    appName = window.navigator.appName

    Value

    appName is the name of the browser as a string.

    ExampleEdit

    alert(window.navigator.appName); 
// shows the name of the browser

    SpecificationsEdit

    Specification Status Comment
    WHATWG HTML Living Standard
    The definition of 'NavigatorID.appName' in that specification.    		 Living Standard Initial definition

    Browser compatibilityEdit

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
    Basic support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)

    See alsoEdit

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