A way for not rendering Ajax.Actionlink when user uses IE

Question

I have the following problem. As you know ie current versions do not support pushstate html5 feature. So I do not want to render my content with Ajax when the user is ie.

I guess that the best way to achieve this, is by using an extension of Ajax helper that returns the ajax.actionlink when the detected browser is not ie, and a standard (html.routelink) when the user's browser is ie.

When making the extension I am requested for the routeName which does not appear as a property...

I do not know if anyone has faced this problem and the solution you have used.

Thanks¡¡

What is it you want to know? how to detect IE or what you should do after you have detected IE? — Dpolehonski, Sep 25 '12 at 11:17
Hi Dplehonsky (HttpContext.Request.Browser.Browser) i would like to know how is the best way to generate a standard html.actionlink instead of an ajax.actionlink when the user is ie. Thanks for your rapidity¡¡ — mcartur, Sep 25 '12 at 11:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 27 '12 at 12:19

The way i finally used for achieving what I wanted is to define a razor helper within the view. I know that it would be better to make an extension. But it was complex due to the fact that i wanted to take advantage of ajaxhelper and htmlhelper simultaneously... (So I was compelled to identify the route name and all that stuff)

@helper ConditionalLinkIE(string link, string action, string controller, object routeValues, AjaxOptions ajaxOptions)
{         
    if(ViewContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.Browser.Browser.ToString().ToUpper() == "IE")
    {
      @Html.ActionLink(link, action, controller)
    }
    else
    {
      @Ajax.ActionLink(link, action, controller, routeValues, ajaxOptions)  
    }
}

A way for not rendering Ajax.Actionlink when user uses IE

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