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		wldlyinaccurate on Sept 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are ... I don't know how easy it is (or if it's even possible) but it would be really useful to detect what add-ons are enabled. Things like Adblock, Flashblock, cause a lot of trouble and some users don't even know that they have them installed. I also wonder whether it's possible to detect whether Flash is actually enabled. I disable the Flash plugin on Chrome by default, but tools like this generally don't pick up on that.

MartinCron on Sept 10, 2012 [–]

I also wonder whether it's possible to detect whether Flash is actually enabled.

You should be able to try to actually do something with a tiny embedded flash application and have that flip a "yes, flash is really on" bit.

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