Question

I need to run a script that will disable a another script on the page. How do I do this?

(Internet Explorer Issues is why I am having to do this.) I am using jQuery 1.8.

Please provide examples.

Answer 1

Using jQuery you can test for IE and then load the script if it returns true.

jQuery.browser might be moved to a plugin later, if it breaks when you update your library start looking into it first.

Keep in mind that it is usually not advisable to test for a specific browser, better to test for features the browser can work with. Sometimes you don’t have a choice:

if(jQuery.browser.msie)
{
    $.getScript("lynda-ie.js");
}

If you need a script for a specific version if IE you can also test for its version :

if(jQuery.browser.msie)
{
    switch (parseInt(jQuery.browser.version,10))
    {
        case 6 :
            $.getScript("lynda-ie-6.js");
        break;
        case 7 :
            $.getScript("lynda-ie-7.js");
        break;
        case 8 : case 9 : default :
            $.getScript("lynda-ie.js");
        break;
}