JavaScript version and supported browser versions
The following table covers the Javascript versions, release date and supported browser versions.
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| Version | Release date | Netscape Navigator |
Mozilla Firefox |
Internet Explorer |
Opera | Safari | Google Chrome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | March 1996 | 2.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| 1.1 | August 1996 | 3.0 | |||||
| 1.2 | June 1997 | 4.0-4.05 | |||||
| 1.3 | October 1998 | 4.06-4.7 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1.4 | Netscape Server |
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| 1.5 | November 2000 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 5.5 6.0 7.0 8.0 |
6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 |
3.0 3.1 3.2 4.0 |
1.0 |
| 1.6 | November 2005 | 1.5 | |||||
| 1.7 | October 2006 | 2.0 | 6 | ||||
| 1.8 | June 2008 | 3.0 | |||||
| 1.8.1 | 3.5 | ||||||
| 1.8.2 | June 22, 2009 | 3.6 |
Test JavaScript Version
The following web document returns the version of Javascript supported by your browser.
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>JavaScript version checking</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript version checking</h1>
<hr />
<script type="text/javascript">
//This is done to make the following JavaScript code compatible to XHTML. <![CDATA[
jsbrowver = 1.0;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.1'>
jsbrowver = 1.1;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.2'>
jsbrowver = 1.2;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.3'>
jsbrowver = 1.3;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.4'>
jsbrowver = 1.4;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.5'>
jsbrowver = 1.5;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.6'>
jsbrowver = 1.6;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.7'>
jsbrowver = 1.7;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.8'>
jsbrowver = 1.8;
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
alert('Supported Javascript Version : ' + jsbrowver);
//]]>
</script>
</body>
</html>
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>JavaScript version checking</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript version checking</h1>
<hr />
<script type="text/javascript">
//This is done to make the following JavaScript code compatible to XHTML. <![CDATA[
jsbrowver = 1.0;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.1'>
jsbrowver = 1.1;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.2'>
jsbrowver = 1.2;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.3'>
jsbrowver = 1.3;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.4'>
jsbrowver = 1.4;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.5'>
jsbrowver = 1.5;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.6'>
jsbrowver = 1.6;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.7'>
jsbrowver = 1.7;
</script>
<script language='Javascript1.8'>
jsbrowver = 1.8;
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
alert('Supported Javascript Version : ' + jsbrowver);
//]]>
</script>
</body>
</html>
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