Javascript window navigator object provides the functionality to detect the number of aspects of browser. Javascript navigator object can be used with or without window object e.g.: window.navigator or directly navigator. When we use window.navigator it represents the browser window and its navigator object. If we use navigator object directly it automatically detects the browser window object that is created dynamically by Javascript runtime engine and collects the information about client browser. Javascript navigator object enables you to detect the browser settings also. Javascript navigator object can detect whether cookies are enabled or not. Navigator object can also detect the browser has javascript enabled or not. You can also detect the browser using navigator object. Click here to see the code for Javascript browser detection.

Javascript Window Navigator Object Methods and Collections

Navigator Object Methods:

javaEnabled(): javaEnabled method of Javascript navigator object detects that the browser has Java Enabled or not. javaEnabled method returns true or false based on the client browser settings.

taintEnabled(): taintEnabled method of navigator object also returns the Boolean value as true or false that detects that the browser has data tainting enabled.

Navigator Object Collections:

plugins: plugins collections returns the Plugins supported by the client browser that can be embedded in the HTML pages using HTML object tag or embed tag e.g.: media player plug-in, real player plug-in, flash player or shockwave plug-in.

mimeTypes: mimeTypes collection of Javascript navigator object returns the collection of mimeTypes supported by client browser. E.g.: application/pdf, application/x-shockwave-flash etc.

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