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Updated Sep 19, 2008 by pilgrim
Labels:	about-dom, is-dom-property

NavigatorAppNameProperty

The navigator.appName property

Values

The navigator.appName property returns a string.

Internet Explorer returns "Microsoft Internet Explorer" for this property.
Firefox returns "Netscape" for this property.
Safari returns "Netscape" for this property.
Opera returns "Opera" for this property.

This property is read-only.

Usage

Browser compatibility

Compatibility table legend

Test	IE8	IE7	IE6	FF3	FF2	Saf3	Op9	Chrome
typeOf(navigator.appName) != 'undefined'	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Further reading

Comment by Amahdy7, Jan 05, 2009

why it doesn't just return the correct name? in Chrome also it returns Netscape! whyyy?

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