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I don't remember where I read that and was not able to find it again. There is a web/desktop app (like zoom) that install a font when you install the app, and
by Narew 2y ago
I don't remember where I read that and was not able to find it again.
There is a web/desktop app (like zoom) that install a font when you install the app, and the web app check if this font is install to trigger the open in app popup.
- sethhochberg 2y agoIt’s a common enough technique that this surely isn’t the only example, but there was discussion here a while back about TeamViewer doing this to detect the presence and version of the client software when clicking a link to open a remote session: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32165103 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32165103 In their case, the (shell of a) font file goes a little further and encodes the version of the teamviewer client that installed it