Reputation: 17
How to - using either JavaScript or PHP - detect addons that are used by a user? In particular the ORBIT addon.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 970
Reputation: 314
I realize this is an old question but it popped up on a google search for me. It most definitely is possible to detect browser addons. Here are a couple of resources to check out:
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20060823/detecting-firefox-extentions/
http://webdevwonders.com/detecting-firefox-add-ons/
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 888185
In general, you can't.
Some addons (eg, Firebug) expose a client-side object model to the page, in which case you can detect them using Javascript.
Upvotes: 1