Once and for all, what does navigator.onLine do?

Question

I\'ve seen a thousand posts where someone is asking how to detect internet connectivity in javascript and there is always one person who says to use navigator.onLine and ano

Answer 1

According to MDN, it varies on the browser for implementation.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/window.navigator.onLine

I would assume with WebKit browsers, its not a reliable way to know that a browser has Internet access, just some form of network access.