How can I make a redirect page by browser using jQuery?

Question

Is it possible to redirect a user that use a specific browser to a different link, using jQuery (or JavaScript)?

I tried this but it doesn't work:

<script type="text/javascript">
    if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Firefox') != -1)
    {
        document.location = "http://other/page.com/";
    }
</script>

Just a pointer - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2430936/whats-the-difference-between-window-location-and-document-location-in-javascrip — Yellen, Apr 25 '15 at 08:05
@Seram I cannot understand the difference...it's best practice using `window.location` but why? — NineCattoRules, Apr 25 '15 at 08:40

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '15 at 07:54

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You are doing it OK, but you have syntax error - one extra left brace, remove the one before navigator:

if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Firefox') != -1)
    {
        document.location = "http://other/page.com/";
    }

answered Apr 25 '15 at 07:54

n-dru

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Tushar · Answer 2 · 2015-04-25T07:59:25.230

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Use following to redirect:

if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('firefox') > -1) {
    window.location.href = "http://google.com";
}

Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/location

edited Apr 25 '15 at 07:59

answered Apr 25 '15 at 07:52

Tushar

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As I wrote I need to redirect only users that are using a specific browser – NineCattoRules Apr 25 '15 at 07:55

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

var isOpera = !!window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf(' OPR/') >= 0;
    // Opera 8.0+ (UA detection to detect Blink/v8-powered Opera)
var isFirefox = typeof InstallTrigger !== 'undefined';   // Firefox 1.0+
var isSafari = Object.prototype.toString.call(window.HTMLElement).indexOf('Constructor') > 0;
    // At least Safari 3+: "[object HTMLElementConstructor]"
var isChrome = !!window.chrome && !isOpera;              // Chrome 1+
var isIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false || !!document.documentMode;   // At least IE6
if(isIE){
    window.location.href = "http://www.google.com";
}

Check browser: How to detect Safari, Chrome, IE, Firefox and Opera browser?

checking for User agent string to determine browser is not really a good way. — Yellen, Apr 25 '15 at 08:02

How can I make a redirect page by browser using jQuery?

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