Re: Java plugin phase out timeline

[email protected] Mon, 2 Jan 2017 08:44:18 -0800 (PST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.plugins
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Den mandag den 2. januar 2017 kl. 17.15.50 UTC+1 skrev [email protected]:
> Den onsdag den 7. september 2016 kl. 16.33.25 UTC+2 skrev Benjamin Smedberg:
> > 52 *release* will only allow Flash.
> > 
> > The 52 *ESR* series will continue to allow all current NPAPI plugins (Java,
> > Silverlight, Unity etc)
> > 
> > --BDS
> 
> How can I - based on browser user agent detection - tell the difference between a version 52 *release* and a version 52 *ESR* ? 
> I want to guide the end user depending on the browser capability to support the Java plug-in. 
> Thanks 
> Peter

I seem to have found the answer in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269807#c83 :
"Unfortunately, you can't detect ESR from the server side because both ESR and non-ESR releases have the same User-Agent string."

:-(

/Peter