Browscap UABlock

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2004078

Component name

Browscap UABlock

Component type

module

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This module allows for hiding blocks for certain browsers or operating systems. With this module you can easily hide blocks for the browser "Internet Explorer 6" or the operating system "Windows XP" or any version of "iOS".

Browscap_uablock utilizes the the module browscap to retrieve the browser and operating system from the user agent string. Any browser or operating system recognized by Browscap can be used for filtering.

Install / Configure

Browscap UABlock can be installed via the standard Drupal installation process.
http://drupal.org/node/895232

Browscap UABlock provides two default filters. (IE 6, WinXP) that can be used
to used to hide certain blocks. More filters can be added in the configuration
section of the module (admin/config/system/browscap_uablock). The filters
support wildcards such as IE* or Chrom*.

To hide a block got to the blocks configuration page and check the filters,
the block should be hidden for.