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Compatibility Test

This local plug-in provides the functionality to check the users browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari), Flash, Java, Quicktime and/or Silverlight version against a pre-set minimum version and notify the user that they are not meeting the sites minimum requirements.
Price option: Free

Supports Moodle 2.6-2.8 See all versions
Latest release: 11 years ago
Installations: 13
Downloads (last 90 days): 9

Frankenstyle name: local_compatability_test
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Chris Clark,
Thank you for your reply. I have all check boxes checked in the setup and login to our site but never get the compat page. I have created a link to it in a HTML bolck and when I click on the link it does work but doesnt give the correct information about the browsers??
Hi Marc,
Do you see the banner that appears with the following message:
"Your browser and/or plugins are not up to date. Click here for more information."
If not then there may be an issue with the compatibility you're trying to check for.
If it's not appearing and you believe it should be, can you double check what settings you're testing compatibility for and try again.
To force the redirect when a user does not satisfy the criteria you need to enable the setting:
Force View Status Page
This will not redirect site administrators, but will affect other users as soon as they access any page of the site other than the login page.
I have install and configured the plugin all seems ok but I dont see the Compatibility page come up any where if im using an out dated browser or plugin. where should this show up after login or after entering into a class?
Just pulled latest version from GitHub (Feedback & Silverlight/QT Updated), Can't be thankful enough for your updates, This plug-in should become part of Moodle's Default installation.
and as well, if you add a HTML editor in settings, so if someone wants to mention preferred Browsers/Plugins that shows up on Plug-in Status Page.
Hi, Lovely Plug-in, just tested in Moodle 2.8 works perfect, can you as well rename Gecko into FireFox as 90% of the plug-in users dont have idea of Browser Engines working in background, also can you please add Internet Explorer? and other plug-ins like QuickTime, SilverLight?
OK, I did some further testing. It seems that the plugin works well as long as there is the browser component installed. If it's missing, it falsely reports requirements as passed.
I am going to approve the plugin now to give you a chance to gather further feedback from the community. With the hope you will fix raised issues soon, you are cleared to land. Welcome to the Plugins directory!
Hi guys. I am having troubles when trying to test your plugin functionality. The view.php page reports "Your browser is ready". Yet, both Java's and Flash's report "Your Version" as empty (I don't think I have any of those installed on my current machine) and I have set the required version to 99 for both cases (hoping that it would force both tests to fail).
Also note, the way of injecting your JS into pages could be slightly improved using the in-built page API instead of hacking over $CFG->additionalhtmlhead IMHO.
Some screenshots that would give users an idea how results are reported by your plugin would definitely help in this case.
For now, I am going to mark this plugin as needing more work until we get these issues resolved. Thanks for your patience with the review and approval process.
Hi Chris. Before we move on with the code review and approval, may I ask for fixing the Plugin check results reported above. Thanks in advance.