Detect Google Toolbar Whitelist

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Detect Google Toolbar Whitelist

richardhennessy

2:48 pm on Apr 20, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hi all,

There was some code posted in an earlier thread [webmasterworld.com] that detected if Google Toolbar was installed. I've listed the code below.

Does anyone know of a way to check teh registry "whitelist" to see if a website is listed on the "Whitelist"? I want to be able to display a message telling users to turn the blocker off.

Thanks

Richard

<html> 
<head> 
<title>Google Toolbar Detection</title> 
<object id="detection" classid="clsid:00EF2092-6AC5-47c0-BD25-CF2D5D657FEB"></object> 
</head> 
<body> 
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> 
if (typeof(detection.Search)!= "undefined") { 
document.write("Google Toolbar Installed"); 
*** need a line in here to check the registry key "HKCU\Software\Google\NavClient\1.1\whitelist\allow2" ****
} 
else { 
document.write("Google Toolbar Not Installed"); 
} 
</script> 
</body> 
</html>

jcoronella

1:16 am on Apr 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hmm... doesn't seem like a very robust way to test for a pop-up blocker. I would try to create a test pop-up and look for that action. There are lots of pop-up blockers out there other than the toolbar

abates

7:15 am on Apr 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

they may have the toolbar installed, but the popup blocker turned off...

Swash

6:40 am on May 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

i doubt you could check registry entries from a webpage like that. seems like it would be a huge security hole.