How can I determine which version of IE a user is running in JavaScript?

Question

In some existing code there is a test to see if the user is running IE, by checking if the object Browser.Engine.trident is defined and returns true.

But how can I deter

Answer 1

If you are already using jQuery in a pre-1.9 version AND you don't need to detect IE 11, you can do this:

if (jQuery.browser.msie == true) { 
if (jQuery.browser.version == 7.0)
  // .. do something for 7.0
else 
  // .. do something for < 7.0
}