Detecting JS, Flash, and Java in your browser
2008 November 10
Compatibility Checker
We wanted to show users before they logged in whether or not their browser was compatible with our software. This meant that we needed to check for JS, Flash, and Java. But, we wanted to do it cleanly without a nasty flash file, or javascript applet taking up space and making a mess of our login page. Now, the other trick was that I don’t know flash and don’t have access to a development suite. So I started researching the solution and these are the links I found:
Detecting Flash and Java with JavaScript
Passing Data from Java Applets to JavaScript
From these I intuited an easy way to check if a user’s browser is compatible with our software.
Compatibility Check Project Page
Download Version 1 of the Compatibility Check
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