Get IE version

Sample way to get IE version using an span with HTML conditional comments

by Alvaro Aneiros

HTML

<div>
    <h1>Get IE version</h1>
    
    <span id="ieVersion">
        <!--[if lt IE 7 ]>IE6<![endif]-->
        <!--[if IE 7 ]>IE7<![endif]-->
        <!--[if IE 8 ]>IE8<![endif]-->
        <!--[if IE 9 ]>IE9<![endif]-->
        <!--[if gt IE 9]>IE Newer<![endif]-->      
        <!--[if !(gt IE 9)|!(IE)]>IE greater than 9 or not IE<![endif]-->
    </span>
</div>