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Homer Simsuns
Homer Simsuns

Reputation: 21

Is there a way to check if Google Chrome is installed (and default browser) via web page / JavaScript without installing anything to client?

Is there a way to check if Google Chrome is installed (and default browser) via web page / JavaScript without installing anything to client PC? Edit: Or is there something fancy using Flash?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 167

Answers (2)

dwana
dwana

Reputation: 413

Javascript can check what the current browser is. Javascript can't check your filesystem without your permission. I think it should be possible to check what browser are installed using some javascript/windows trickery. (how else can gpu-producers detect hardware online?)

Upvotes: 1

Cole Garstin
Cole Garstin

Reputation: 388

No, that would be crazy. Typically javascript is constrained to knowing things about the current browser only, and a few basic things about the computer like the OS and screen dimensions. It would be a security concern if javascript could look through the programs and files on your cmputer.

Upvotes: 0

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