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The (unprivileged) Plugin Check website can't detect disabled plugins because they don't show up in navigator.plugins. Ideally, Plugin Check should be an automa
by cpeterso 11y ago
The (unprivileged) Plugin Check website can't detect disabled plugins because they don't show up in navigator.plugins. Ideally, Plugin Check should be an automatic check built into Firefox. The advantage of the Plugin Check website is that it works in any browser.
- acdha 11y agoCouldn't you preserve the nice trait of working in any browser by having the browser load it with a hash-fragment containing a list of disabled plugins to add to navigator.plugins?
- digi_owl 11y ago> The advantage of the Plugin Check website is that it works in any browser. < Do that carry any value these days? Heck, it seems weird that Mozilla can push plugin warnings directly to the addons ui but can't indicate if a plugin can be upgraded.
- cpeterso 11y agoGood point, especially considering that Chrome no longer supports NPAPI plugins. :)