title: How do I detect IE 8 with jQuery?
body: <p>I need to detect not only the browser type but version as well using jQuery.
  Mostly I need to find out if it is IE 8 or not.</p>
  
  <p>I am not sure if I am doing it correctly.</p>
  
  <p>If I do :</p>
  
  <pre><code>if (jQuery.browser.version &gt;= 8.0) {
  dosomething}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am not sure it will work for version 8.123.45.6 or will it?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit: Note that JQuery 2+ has dropped support for IE8 and below, and therefore can no longer be used to detect IE8.  If using a current version of JQuery, it is necessary to use a Non-JQuery solution.</strong></p>