How does google pack knows what applications are installed on your system?
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It's just looking at the browser and OS information that the browser sends it in the User Agent, isn't it? Or is there something on there that lists out actual installed applications that I'm just not seeing?
David
2010-08-07 23:30:41
It lists the applications that are already installed.
Shawn Mclean
2010-08-07 23:31:31
Is it doing this on another page off of the main page? All I see is a list of "software for my mac" that's available to download. Some of it is installed already, but not all of it.
David
2010-08-07 23:33:43
Right under that, there should be a list of software already installed, i'll take a screen shot and edit my question. It also says windows 7 only.
Shawn Mclean
2010-08-07 23:36:07
Ah, now I see it when I go there from Windows 7. The only thing it shows for me is the Firefox Google Toolbar, which I'm assuming is one of several applications they have that report back what's installed.
David
2010-08-07 23:38:51
Ya, I would guess the Google Toolbar is telling the page. It may be more obfuscated than that, but that's about the gist of it.
David
2010-08-07 23:40:34
It doesn't report anything when using Opera on PC.
Gert G
2010-08-07 23:50:25