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I was wondering if there were scripts that allow to detect if various toolbars are installed on the browser.
E.g. google toolbar, msn toolbar,...
Tia
Steven
The only method I am aware of would be to detect an addition to the useragent some addons make. Not all addons add a signature to the useragent so unless there is another way beyond that you've lost me there.
Toolbars such as Hotbar do leave a signature in the UA so you could for example do this...
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Hotbar")!=-1)
{}
The only reason I'd personally use anything to detect toolbars is to let the user know their computer is probally infested from being uninformed victim of internet exploiter.
thanks for the tip, the reason I need that is that some toolbars disturb the way our website works, our company has an e-learning platform and certain toolbars seem to refuse to let our courses be opened or other strange behaviour.
I'll keep looking and try out your tip :)
