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</head>

<body>

if (navigator.mimeTypes) {

document.writeln(“<h3>Supported MIME Types:</h3>”);

document.writeln(“<ul>”);

for (var i=0; i < navigator.mimeTypes.length; i++) {

document.writeln(“<li>” + navigator.mimeTypes[i].type + “ (“

+ navigator.mimeTypes[i].description + “, “

+ navigator.mimeTypes[i].suffixes + “)</li>”);

}

document.writeln(“</ul>”);

}

</script>

</body>

</html>

This example doesn’t print out any information about

enabledPlugin

, which is another object with

another set of properties:

description

— A description of the plugin

filename

— The plugin filename

length

— The number of MIME types associated with the plugin

name

— The name of the plugin

It’s worth noting that not every MIME type has a plugin associated with it, meaning that

enabledPlugin

can be

null

. The example can be updated to include plugin information keeping this in mind:

<html>

<head>

<title>MIME Types Example</title>

</head>

<body>

if (navigator.mimeTypes) {

document.writeln(“<h3>Supported MIME Types:</h3>”);

document.writeln(“<ul>”);

for (var i=0; i < navigator.mimeTypes.length; i++) {

document.writeln(“<li>” + navigator.mimeTypes[i].type + “ (“

+ navigator.mimeTypes[i].description + “, “

+ navigator.mimeTypes[i].suffixes + “)</li>”);

if (navigator.mimeTypes[i].enabledPlugin) {

var oPlugin = navigator.mimeTypes[i].enabledPlugin;

document.writeln(“<ul>”);

document.writeln(“<li>Name: “ + oPlugin.name + “</li>”);

document.writeln(“<li>” + oPlugin.description + “</li>”);

document.writeln(“<li>MIME types supported: “

+ oPlugin.length + “</li>”);

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