gistfile1.js

// mootools browser.js 
//
// "We've been the only framework using object detection since the beginning, 
// but we only used it to set some Browser.Engine flags... which is IMO pretty lame." tomocchino 
//
//  Example: if (Browser.ie > 7) {..
@@ -34,13 +34,22 @@ var Browser = $merge({
 			return (document.getBoxObjectFor == undefined) ? false : ((document.getElementsByClassName) ? 19 : 18);
 		}
 
+	},
+
+	// check for the minor browsers first
+	Browsers: {
+		opera: /opera[\s\/]([^\s]*)/,
+		ie: /msie\s([^;]*)/,
+		ff: /firefox\/([^\s]*)/,
+		chrome: /chrome\/([^\s]*)/,
+		safari: /safari\/([^\s]*)/
 	}
 
 }, Browser || {});
 
 Browser.Platform[Browser.Platform.name] = true;
 
-Browser.detect = function(){
+Browser.detect = function(ua){
 
 	for (var engine in this.Engines){
 		var version = this.Engines[engine]();
@@ -50,12 +59,19 @@ Browser.detect = function(){
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-
-	return {name: engine, version: version};
+	
+	for (var browser in this.Browsers){
+		var m = ua.match(this.Browsers[browser]), version = m && m[1];
+		if (version) {
+			this.Name = browser;
+			this[browser] = parseFloat(version);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
 
 };
 
-Browser.detect();
+Browser.detect(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
 
 Browser.Request = function(){
 	return $try(function(){