Detect a DOM element is visible in the current viewport?

On any web application, lazy loading became a standard for almost anything. It is an image, an ad, or a video we want resources to be lazy-loaded. To do the lazy loading it is necessary to detect a DOM element is in the viewport or not. Following is the function the detects an element is on viewport or not.

Function definition

var isElementVisibleOnViewport = function(el) {
    if (typeof jQuery === "function" && el instanceof jQuery) el = el[0];
    var rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();

    return (
        rect.top >= 0 &&
        rect.left >= 0 &&
        rect.bottom <= (window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight) &&
        rect.right <= (window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)
    );
};

Function call

isElementVisibleOnViewport($('#element-id')); // jQuery call
isElementVisibleOnViewport(document.getElementById('element-id')); // JavaScript call