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To use the Check Browser action:
1
Select an object and open the Behaviors panel.
2
Click the Plus (+) button and choose Check Browser from the Actions
pop-up menu.
3
Determine how you want to separate your visitors: by browser brand, by
browser version, or both.
For example, do you want everyone with a 4.0 browser to see one page, and all
others to see a different page? Or perhaps you want Netscape Navigator users to
see one page and Internet Explorer users to see another.
4
Specify a version of Netscape Navigator.
5
In the adjacent pop-up menus, choose options for what to do if the browser is
the Netscape Navigator version you specified or later and what to do otherwise.
The options are Go to URL, Go to Alt URL, and Stay on This Page.
6
Specify a version of Internet Explorer.
7
In the adjacent pop-up menus, choose options for what to do if the browser is
the Internet Explorer version you specified or later and what to do otherwise.
The options are Go to URL, Go to Alt URL, and Stay on This Page.
8
Choose an option from the Other Browsers pop-up menu to specify what to do
if the browser is neither Navigator nor Internet Explorer. (For example, the
visitor may be using a text-based browser like Lynx.)
Stay on This Page is the best option for browsers other than Navigator and IE
because most do not support JavaScript—and if they cannot read this behavior,
they will stay on the page anyway.
9
Enter the paths and file names of the URL and the alternate URL in the text
fields at the bottom of the dialog box. If you enter a remote URL, you must
enter the http:// prefix in addition to the www address.
10
Click OK.
11
Check that the default event is the one you want.
If it isn’t, choose another event from the pop-up menu. If the events you want
are not listed, change the target browser in the Show Events For pop-up menu.
Remember that the purpose of this behavior is to check for different browser
versions, so it’s best to choose an event that works on 3.0 and later browsers.