How to disable a jQuery script if IE8

Question

I have all my jQuery code for different elements of my website in one single file called scripts.js however there is one block of code I wish to disable if the user is using IE8. This is what I want to disable:

    $(document).ready(function(){
 $('.parallax-block-1').parallax("50%", 0.1);
});

I've looked up everywhere and the only thing I found is to place an IF conditional comment like -  before <script> </script> in the html code but since I have everything in one single js file the IF statement would disable all the other scripts in it.

Hope my question makes sense. Thank you all!

You mean the conditional comment that goes in the html code? — Nesta, Oct 18 '13 at 00:45
I'm not sure what u mean. I basically use html/css and javascrit — Nesta, Oct 18 '13 at 00:52
possible duplicate of [Conditional comment for 'Except IE8'?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1692129/conditional-comment-for-except-ie8) — Jonathan Wren, Oct 18 '13 at 01:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '13 at 00:53

You can use  to insert a class name into <html> tag, then inside your js file you can use that class name to specify whether enable the js function. For example: in html file:

 <!--[if IE 8]> <html class="lt-ie9"> <![endif]--> /* Rendered in IE8 browser */
<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html> <!--<![endif]--> /* Rendered in other browsers */

then in your JS file:

if ($("html.lt-ie9").length > 0) {
   //your functions or code that should work on all browsers except for IE8 goes here
}

Hope it helps.

How to disable a jQuery script if IE8

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