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user2984998
user2984998

Reputation: 11

Check via JS if a program is installed for a url-type

Is it possible to read it via javascript ?

for example:

i have a link like this: mumble://mumble.piratenpartei-nrw.de:64738

and i would like to check if the program is installed.

best regards

Upvotes: 1

Views: 71

Answers (2)

New Alexandria
New Alexandria

Reputation: 7324

A hack, which is non-authoritative:

  • If you can monitor the time that they click the app-link, and
  • you monitor the time that they return to activity

then when the difference between these times is small, we can presume that the user did not leave the browser [to the linked app].

Upvotes: 0

kmatheny
kmatheny

Reputation: 4202

This happens at the OS and/or Browser level and cannot be detected by JavaScript. There's no way to detect what software is installed on a machine with JavaScript.

Upvotes: 1

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