diff --git a/flixel/system/frontEnds/HTML5FrontEnd.hx b/flixel/system/frontEnds/HTML5FrontEnd.hx
index e30ef67a4d..3c73e88e6c 100644
--- a/flixel/system/frontEnds/HTML5FrontEnd.hx
+++ b/flixel/system/frontEnds/HTML5FrontEnd.hx
@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
 package flixel.system.frontEnds;
 
 import flixel.math.FlxPoint;
+import flixel.util.FlxStringUtil;
 
 #if js
 import js.Browser;
 
 class HTML5FrontEnd
 {
-	public var browser(get, never):FlxBrowser;
+	public var browser(default, null):FlxBrowser;
+	public var platform(default, null):FlxPlatform;
+	public var isMobile(default, null):Bool;
 	public var browserWidth(get, never):Int;
 	public var browserHeight(get, never):Int;
 	public var browserPosition(get, null):FlxPoint;
 	
 	@:allow(flixel.FlxG)
-	private function new() {}
+	private function new()
+	{
+		browser = getBrowser();
+		platform = getPlatform();
+		isMobile = getIsMobile();
+	}
 	
-	private function get_browser():FlxBrowser
+	private function getBrowser():FlxBrowser
 	{
-		if (Browser.navigator.userAgent.indexOf(" OPR/") > -1)
+		if (userAgentContains(" OPR/"))
 		{
 			return OPERA;
 		}
-		else if (Browser.navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("chrome") > -1)
+		else if (userAgentContains("chrome", true))
 		{
 			return CHROME;
 		}
@@ -37,7 +45,64 @@ class HTML5FrontEnd
 		{
 			return SAFARI;
 		}
-		return UNKNOWN;
+		return FlxBrowser.UNKNOWN;
+	}
+	
+	private function getPlatform():FlxPlatform
+	{
+		
+		if (userAgentContains("Win"))
+		{
+			return WINDOWS;
+		}
+		else if (userAgentContains("Mac"))
+		{
+			return MAC;
+		}
+		else if (userAgentContains("Linux")
+		&& !userAgentContains("Android"))
+		{
+			return LINUX;
+		}
+		else if (userAgentContains("IEMobile"))
+		{
+			return WINDOWS_PHONE;
+		}
+		else if (userAgentContains("Android"))
+		{
+			return ANDROID;
+		}
+		else if (userAgentContains("BlackBerry"))
+		{
+			return BLACKBERRY;
+		}
+		else if (userAgentContains("iPhone"))
+		{
+			return IOS(IPHONE);
+		}
+		else if (userAgentContains("iPad"))
+		{
+			return IOS(IPAD);
+		}
+		else if (userAgentContains("iPod"))
+		{
+			return IOS(IPOD);
+		}
+		else return FlxPlatform.UNKNOWN;
+	}
+	
+	private inline function getIsMobile():Bool 
+	{
+		var mobilePlatforms:Array<FlxPlatform> = [ANDROID, BLACKBERRY, WINDOWS_PHONE, IOS(IPHONE), IOS(IPAD), IOS(IPOD)];
+		return mobilePlatforms.indexOf(platform) != -1;
+	}
+	
+	private inline function userAgentContains(substring:String, toLowerCase:Bool = false)
+	{
+		var userAgent = Browser.navigator.userAgent;
+		if (toLowerCase)
+			userAgent = userAgent.toLowerCase();
+		return FlxStringUtil.contains(userAgent, substring);
 	}
 	
 	private function get_browserPosition():FlxPoint
@@ -70,4 +135,22 @@ enum FlxBrowser
 	OPERA;
 	UNKNOWN;
 }
+
+enum FlxPlatform
+{
+	WINDOWS;
+	LINUX;
+	MAC;
+	ANDROID;
+	BLACKBERRY;
+	WINDOWS_PHONE;
+	IOS(device:FlxIOSDevice);
+	UNKNOWN;
+}
+enum FlxIOSDevice
+{
+	IPHONE;
+	IPAD;
+	IPOD;
+}
 #end
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