Browser plug-in detection

Question

Does anyone know how to determine if any particular plugin is installed in the user's browser? This plugin is AlternaTIFF.

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Mark spangler 22 Sep 09 at 20:54

3 answers

AlternaTIFF has some code that does it, it looks like this: http://www.alternatiff.com/testpage.html

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lod3n 22 Sep '09 at 20:58

For IE, just try building it .

var installed = true;
try {
  newObj = new ActiveXObject(YOUROBJECT.whatever);
} catch {
  installed = false;
}

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i_am_jorf 22 Sep '09 at 20:58

olliej · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-22T20:56:13+0000

I believe it navigator.plugins

gives you access to this information, has a name, description and supported mimties for each plugin.