def users_browser
user_agent = request.env['HTTP_USER_AGENT'].downcase
@users_browser ||= begin
if user_agent.index('msie') && !user_agent.index('opera') && !user_agent.index('webtv')
'ie'+user_agent[user_agent.index('msie')+5].chr
elsif user_agent.index('gecko/')
'gecko'
elsif user_agent.index('opera')
'opera'
elsif user_agent.index('konqueror')
'konqueror'
elsif user_agent.index('ipod')
'ipod'
elsif user_agent.index('ipad')
'ipad'
elsif user_agent.index('iphone')
'iphone'
elsif user_agent.index('chrome/')
'chrome'
elsif user_agent.index('applewebkit/')
'safari'
elsif user_agent.index('googlebot/')
'googlebot'
elsif user_agent.index('msnbot')
'msnbot'
elsif user_agent.index('yahoo! slurp')
'yahoobot'
#Everything thinks it's mozilla, so this goes last
elsif user_agent.index('mozilla/')
'gecko'
else
'unknown'
end
end
return @users_browser
end
see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4707400/rails-browser-detection-methods