IE Java Applet client user test

[fat]

hi

I want to test whether a user with internet explorer browser that visits my site has java installed and enabled.

is there a way to do a test like that in javascript or any other way ?


thanks

[Philip M]

Originally Posted by fat

hi

I want to test whether a user with internet explorer browser that visits my site has java installed and enabled.

is there a way to do a test like that in javascript or any other way ?


thanks

In a word, no.

All advice is supplied packaged by intellectual weight, and not by volume. Contents may settle slightly in transit.

[fat]

Originally Posted by Philip M

In a word, no.

All advice is supplied packaged by intellectual weight, and not by volume. Contents may settle slightly in transit.

can you elaborate please ? I just want to show the user a message or warning of some kind that tells the user he has no Java support.

wouldn't this work:
http://mapskp.cesr.fr/tools/javaplug...lugin_test.php ?

[xelawho]

I think this kind of comes close:

if (navigator.javaEnabled()&&navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer'){
alert("IE java enabled")
}

but navigator sniffing is hugely unreliable - people can make their browser appear to be whatever they like.

[WolfShade]

Does it have to be specifically IE? You could just use navigator.javaEnabled() for all browsers. I tested an alert for IE, FF, and Chrome, and it worked in all three.

UPDATE: I disabled Java in my IE8 and tested using navigator.javaEnabled() - it still shows as enabled. ???

[Philip M]

Originally Posted by WolfShade

Does it have to be specifically IE? You could just use navigator.javaEnabled() for all browsers. I tested an alert for IE, FF, and Chrome, and it worked in all three.

UPDATE: I disabled Java in my IE8 and tested using navigator.javaEnabled() - it still shows as enabled. ???

http://javatester.org/enabled.html

"In Internet Explorer 8 under Windows 7, it's hopeless. Nothing prevents Java from running"

Perhaps I have misunderstood the question. There is no way that the site owner can become aware of whether the specific user has Java enabled or not.

[WolfShade]

"In Internet Explorer 8 under Windows 7, it's hopeless. Nothing prevents Java from running"

Why does this not surprise me? No wonder all the hackers and script-kiddies target Micro$oft.. they leave themselves open to it.

smh

[WolfShade]

Apparently, it's the same for Chrome. Either that, or javaEnabled() doesn't work. I disabled the Java plugin in Chrome v20, and the alert still shows.

^_^

[fat]

but what about this method:
http://mapskp.cesr.fr/tools/javaplug...lugin_test.php

it looks like the solution

[Philip M]

Originally Posted by fat

but what about this method:
http://mapskp.cesr.fr/tools/javaplug...lugin_test.php

it looks like the solution

Well, I have Java enabled in IE9 and received the result

Java Applet failed to load. Is Java enabled in your browser?

Does not seem very reliable.

I stick with my original answer - no. JavaScript has no capability to access the client's operating system or the Windows registry, or alter the default behaviour of the browser.