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Is there any way I can detect when my page has been set as the user's homepage in their browser?
I'm most interested in something in javascript, but I'd be happy to hear about other approaches as well.
Edit: I'm not looking for anything sneaky. I'm wondering if there is anything that is explicitly allowed through the browsers to find out this information.
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Navigate to <Computer/User Configuration>\Administrative Templates\Google Chrome - Default Settings\Home Page. Double-click Use New Tab Page as homepage, and set it to Enabled.
By default, Microsoft Edge's home page (the page that automatically loads whenever you go online) is the Microsoft start page. However, you can change this to another of your liking. To do this, click the three horizontal dots (•••) in the top-right of the window.
There isn't likely to be a foolproof method, as that's an intrusion into the privacy of the user.
One thing that comes to mind is checking for a referrer. If the user arrived at your page without following a link, they a) typed the url, b) followed a bookmark, or c) have your page set as their homepage. But that's about the best I can do.
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Nope. You can tell if they got to your page by following a link or not. Check the referrer. However, the browser going to your page as the home page will not appear any different than the user typing in your page or using a bookmark.
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