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If you're using Microsoft Internet Explorer, none of the above applies. | If you're using Microsoft Internet Explorer, none of the above applies. | ||
On IE, the <code>navigator.plugins</code> property is empty, and no plugin information is exposed. Thus, the only technique left available is to attempt to embed sample instances of known popular plugins and probe them for info/capabilities. An error in embedding a plugin tells us it's not installed, but there's no way to get a full list of what ''is'' installed. | On IE, the <code>navigator.plugins</code> property is empty, and no plugin information is exposed. Thus, the only technique left available is to [http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/detectplugins.html attempt to embed sample instances of known popular plugins and probe them for info/capabilities]. An error in embedding a plugin tells us it's not installed, but there's no way to get a full list of what ''is'' installed. | ||
Since this approach to plugin detection is so radically different than what works on most other browsers, we've been slow to work on support for IE. | Since this approach to plugin detection is so radically different than what works on most other browsers, we've been slow to work on support for IE. | ||