It seems jQuery.browser is able to identify webkit rather easily as of 1.4. But how can I use it to distinguish Chrome from Safari (and visa-versa)?
Since Sarfraz has not corrected his answer (thank you Sarfraz for pointing me in the correct direction), I will post functioning code here.
var userAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
$.browser.chrome = /chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());
// Is this a version of Chrome?
if($.browser.chrome){
userAgent = userAgent.substring(userAgent.indexOf('chrome/') +7);
userAgent = userAgent.substring(0,userAgent.indexOf('.'));
$.browser.version = userAgent;
// If it is chrome then jQuery thinks it's safari so we have to tell it it isn't
$.browser.safari = false;
}
// Is this a version of Safari?
if($.browser.safari){
userAgent = userAgent.substring(userAgent.indexOf('version/') +8);
userAgent = userAgent.substring(0,userAgent.indexOf('.'));
$.browser.version = userAgent;
}