Finding the currently logged in user from a Firefox extension

Question

I\'m writing a Firefox extension that needs to know what the username of the currently logged in user is in Windows, Mac, or Linux. So if I\'m logged into my machine as \"br

Answer 1

Yea, not possible... Javascript runs in a secure enviroment, and all FF extensions are javascript so you wont be able to be doing much interaction with the OS... but ill stick around to see if someone knows a way(it would be VERY cool...)