<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(12,52,61)">Hi.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(12,52,61)">I have a question and I'm hoping that the fine folks who actually develop Firefox can answer it.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(12,52,61)">How does Firefox detect plugin updates? For example, when a user attempts to execute a Silverlight module, but they have an out-of-date Microsoft Silverlight plugin installed, Firefox will helpfully display a notification to the user that they are attempting to use an out-of-date plugin and that they really should update it. But how does Firefox know what is the current version of the plugin?<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(12,52,61)">I've speculated endlessly on what might actually be going on, but I thought I'd get the facts by going to you all.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(12,52,61)">
Thanks!<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(12,52,61)">-Travis<br></div></div>