RE: FLASH: Plugin Detector (again?)

[John Dowdell]

At 12:03 PM 10/23/98, michael stefan krischker wrote:

>Will Mac/IE users get a gif?



Microsoft browsers cannot tell you what plugins they have. They lack the

navigator.plugins array.


Microsoft browsers on Win95/98/NT can tell you if they have certain types

of ActiveX Controls. Microsoft browsers on Macintosh and Win3.1 don't

really use ActiveX Controls, though.


So, if you'll be guiding the user's branching through JavaScript, then

those visiting on IE/Mac won't be able to have as automatic an experience

as those in other browsers. For this subset you might wish to ask them if

they know their browsers' plugins, for instance.


jd




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