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Scan over all the plugins available in a browser. Does not work under mozilla browsers who have disabled this ability.
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show-me-your-plugins.js
var $$$i = 0,
$$mt = [];
while(navigator.mimeTypes[$$$i]){
$$mt.push(navigator.mimeTypes[$$$i]);
$$$i++;
}
console.table($$mt.map(function(i,v,a){
return {
'name':i.description||i.enabledPlugin.description,
'type':i.type, 'ext':i.suffixes,
'file':i.enabledPlugin.description
};
}));
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This should not be used for detecting browser plugins. In practice, directly reference the plugins object and ask it for the specific plugin you're looking for (IE11 and other browsers), and in IEx-IE10 write specific detection mechanisms for whatever works in those browsers (for example active x checks)

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