Detect Browser type and Display Text message

[SayJumner]

I've been looking for a script that will detect a surfers browser type and version and display a text message with directions for a the browser type and version i say.

[Twey]

It's impossible to do perfectly. You can best attempt it with Javascript:

<div id="instructions-opera" style="display: none;">
  Instructions for Opera...
</div>
<div id="instructions-ie" style="display: none;">
  Instructions for IE...
</div>
<div id="instructions-generic">
  Generic instructions...
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
  var btype = "generic";
  document.getElementById("instructions-" + btype).style.display = "none";

  if(window.opera) btype = "opera";
  else if(window.ActiveXObject) btype = "ie";

  document.getElementById("instructions-" + btype).style.display = "block";
</script>

[boogyman]

where would it be processed?
what language?

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[SayJumner]

I was hoping for JS

[thetestingsite]

boogyman, this would be the right forum to post in being that there is no question about a particular scripting language, but instead they are looking for this specific service.