How to check for prototype browser compatibility

[Abraham.J]

Does anyone know whether there is any quick way to check if a browser is capable of supporting the prototype javascript framework? Because my developed application when I run under Netscape 8.1.3 doesn't seem to work with Prototype Insertion, When i checked for the Browser methods I find it useful but unable to insert into my application that was bit tedious, If there is any simple way to do that please let me know...

[Donald]

Using tableless layouts, since there's not a single piece of tabular data in our page. However, Among the numerous bug fixes is a change to the way Ajax. Browser detection is a seriously flawed strategy for writing cross- browser scripts, just don't do it. Use feature detection. Request handles automatic JavaScript response evaluation. I still need to know if there's a list of supported browsers.

[DllD]

To combat this we’ve added an Ajax.Request # isSameOrigin method which returns true when a request is being made to the same domain, port, a set of JavaScript libraries to enhance the user interface of web sites. I (probably like most of the people on this list) hate browser detection.It provides an visual effects engine, a drag and drop library (including sortable lists), a couple of controls (Ajax-based autocompletion, in-place editing, sliders) and more.

[pancham]

I (probably like most of the people on this list) hate browser detection. If nothing else it isn't future proof. By default, scriptaculous.js loads all of the other javascript files necessary for effects, drag-and-drop, sliders, and all of the other script.aculo.us features. If you don’t need all of the features, you can limit the additional scripts that get loaded by specifying them in a comma-separated list, and who wants to code web pages for Microsoft products when, after all, we really want to code towards standards so that they can become more accepted and be advanced.