# Detect flash enabled

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/detect-flash-enabled/160436>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 16, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/detect-flash-enabled/160436 "2009-02-16T12:52:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BelSSSSn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@BelSSSSn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BelSSSSn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/detect-flash-enabled/160436/1 "2009-02-16T12:52:07Z")

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I am newbie at RoR, I want to detect if a browser has enabled flash  
player and if not show an static image. How can I do that??  
Thanks in advance,  
Belén Llamas

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**Author:** ![BelSSSSn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@BelSSSSn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BelSSSSn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/detect-flash-enabled/160436/2 "2009-02-16T12:56:13Z")

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so many ways to do that, so easy to google:  
[http://www.google.de/search?q=detect+flash](http://www.google.de/search?q=detect+flash)