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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">mimeType</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">3</span>  IE <span class="emphasis">5(Mac)</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>The <span class="literal">mimeType</span> object belongs to the
<span class="literal">navigator</span> object. The object represents a MIME
type specification. Its properties let scripts find out if the
browser is equipped to handle a specific MIME type of external
content before it is loaded from the server. All these properties are
mirrored in the internal document displayed when you choose
Navigator's <span class="emphasis">About Plug-ins</span>
 menu option. Internet Explorer 5 for the Macintosh
implements this scheme, but Explorer for Windows uses an entirely
different system for determining support for external media via the
<span class="literal">object</span> element.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectmodelreference"><span class="title">Object Model Reference</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>navigator.mimeTypes[i]</pre>
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						<table border="1"><tbody><tr><td><span class="literal">description</span></td><td><span class="literal">enabledPlugin</span></td><td><span class="literal">suffixes</span></td><td><span class="literal">type</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">description</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">3</span>  IE <span class="emphasis">5(Mac)</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Returns the brief description of the plugin. This information is
embedded in the plugin by its developer. Be aware that the precise
wording of this description may vary for the same plugin written for
different operating systems.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="example"><span class="title">Example</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>var descr = navigator.mimeTypes["video/mpeg"].description;</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			String.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">enabledPlugin</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">3</span>  IE <span class="emphasis">5(Mac)</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Returns a <span class="literal">plugin</span> object reference corresponding to
the plugin currently set to play any incoming data formatted
according to the current MIME type. You can then dig deeper into
properties of the returned <span class="literal">plugin</span> object to
retrieve, say, its name.
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>var plugName = navigator.mimeTypes["video/mpeg"].enabledPlugin.name;</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			<span class="literal">plugin</span> object reference.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">suffixes</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">3</span>  IE <span class="emphasis">5(Mac)</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Returns a comma-delimited string list of file suffixes associated
with the <span class="literal">mimeType</span> object, as supported by the
plugin enabled for that MIME type. For example, the suffixes that the
QuickTime plugin acknowledges for the type video/avi are:
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<span class="PROGRAMLISTING"><pre>avi, vfw</pre></span>
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							<td colspan="2"><p>			If you loop through all <span class="literal">mimeType</span> objects
registered in the browser to find a match for a specific suffix, you
can then find out whether the matching <span class="literal">mimeType</span>
object has a plugin installed for it (via the
<span class="literal">enabledPlugin</span> property).
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>var suff = navigator.mimeTypes["audio/mpeg"].suffixes;</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			String.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">type</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">3</span>  IE <span class="emphasis">5(Mac)</span> DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Returns a string version of the MIME type associated with the
<span class="literal">mimeType</span> object. You could, for example, loop
through all the <span class="literal">mimeType</span> objects in search of the
one that matches a specific MIME type
(<span class="literal">application/x-midi</span>) and examine that
<span class="literal">mimeType</span> object further to see whether it is
currently supported and enabled.
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>var MType = navigator.mimeTypes[3].type;</pre>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			String.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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