Re: Cross browser plugin detection

A plug-in will enable the browser to handle documents with specific mime types, so if the list of mime-types the browser sends to the server encloses also "application/pdf" it means that the user uses a plugin to display pdf-files and you can send this kind o file to the clients browser. But be aware that e.g. the Internet explorer sends only a "*/*" mime-type list if the reload button was hit.

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Re: Re: Cross browser plugin detection by c-era (Curate) on Jan 16, 2001 at 20:32 UTC
Another problem with this approch is that you won't get any of the information you want, you just know that they have a program that will do something with that file, you don't know what the program is or what version it is. This is one of those times when using javascript will be easier and more reliable (you won't find many more).	[reply]
Re: Re: Cross browser plugin detection by chorg (Monk) on Jan 16, 2001 at 20:35 UTC
How would I get the list of mime types that the browser sends? _______________________________________________ "Intelligence is a tool used achieve goals, however goals are not always chosen wisely..."	[reply]