Navigator appName Property:
- It is used for returning the name of the browser.
- It is a read-only property and the values returned by it varies from browsers to browsers.
- it returns a string which represents the name of the browser.
- It returns “Netscape” for IE11, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari whereas, for IE 10 and earlier versions, it returns “Microsoft Internet Explorer”. For Opera, the Navigator appName Property returns “Opera”.
Syntax:
navigator.appName
Note: This property has been deprecated and is no longer used.
Below program illustrates the Navigator appName Property:
Getting the code name of the browser.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<title>
Navigator appName Property in HTML
</title>
<style>
h1 {
color: green;
}
h2 {
font-family: Impact;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>Navigator appName Property</h2>
<p>
For returning the name of the current browser,
double click the "Return Browser Name" button:
</p>
<button ondblclick="browsername()">
Return Browser Name
</button>
<p id="browser"></p>
<script>
function browsername() {
var b = "Browser Name: " + navigator.appName;
document.getElementById("browser").innerHTML = b;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari