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Navigator: appName property

The value of the Navigator.appName property is always "Netscape", in any browser. This property is kept only for compatibility purposes.

Note: Do not rely on this property to return a real browser name. All browsers return "Netscape" as the value of this property.

Value

The string "Netscape".

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
appName 1 12 1 ≤12.1 1 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 4.4 1

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/appName