This function will return the browser type or version or both using javascript

navigator.sayswho= (function(){
var ua= navigator.userAgent, tem,
M= ua.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie|trident(?=\/))\/?\s*([\d\.]+)/i) || [];
if(/trident/i.test(M[1])){
tem= /\brv[ :]+(\d+(\.\d+)?)/g.exec(ua) || [];
return 'IE '+(tem[1] || '');
}
M= M[2]? [M[1], M[2]]:[navigator.appName, navigator.appVersion, '-?'];
if((tem= ua.match(/version\/([\.\d]+)/i))!= null) M[2]= tem[1];
// return M.join(' ');
return M[0];
})();

How to use:
var browser = navigator.sayswho;