[Greasemonkey] Skype's mime type not found in a greasemonkey script

[esquifit]

Did you tried with navigator.wrappedJSObject.mimeTypes (or something
in the style)?

2006/10/9, Olivier Vernin <overnin at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> In my Greasemonkey script, I need to detect if Skype is installed on the
> current computer.
>
> I try to do it as skype does it for firefox in the
> http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js javascript.
>
> In this skypeCheck.js, they use the following code:
>
>        ...
>
>        var skypeMime = navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-skype"];
>        detected = true;
>        if(typeof(skypeMime) == "object") {
>            return true;
>        } else {
>            return oopsPopup();  //open a popup to invite the user to
> install skype
>        }
>
>        ...
>
>
>
> The problem is that when I call the 'navigator.mimeTypes
> ["application/x-skype"]' function in my greasemonkey script, It returns
> 'undefined' even if skype is installed on my computer. I've listed the
> application mime types in a Greasemonkey script, there is a lot of
> applications but no 'x-skype' at all. I've also tried to call the function
> with the unsafeWindow object ( 'unsafeWindow.navigator.mimeTypes
> ["application/x-skype"]') but it the same list: no 'x-skype'.
>
> I've check the running of the skypeCheck.js file on a regular page (
> http://share.skype.com/sites/fr/) with the Venkman's plugin. It works: the
> function 'navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-skype"]' return an object.
>
> Is anybody experienced with such problem?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Olivier Vernin
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