Here's a knotty #HTML / #JavaScript problem.
Is there any way of detecting whether the user-agent is capable of placing a telephone call?
There are some proxies - detecting the OS, or seeing if it a touchscreen, or detecting the NetworkInformation.type. But those are all fairly unreliable.
Is it possible to determine if a device is capable of using <a href="tel:...."> links?
Terence Eden /
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2023-06-04 14:51:25
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