Detect whether HTML5 History supported or not

Question

How can I check if the browser you are using supports the HTML5 history api?

As you can see here http://caniuse.com/#search=history only chrome +ff4 and several others supports this and I wish to do something else if they cant support this.

How can I make some kind of an if statement for this checking?

Answer 1

You can detect support for history management (as well as many other browser features) using Modernizr.

if (Modernizr.history)

Answer 2

You can use canisuse.js script to detect if your browsers supports history or not

caniuse.history()

Answer 3

if (window.history && window.history.pushState)

See also this All-In-One Almost-Alphabetical No-Bullshit Guide to Detecting Everything