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Posted by code_wrong on 11/15/05 17:32
"Travis Newbury" <TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> code_wrong wrote:
>> can we stop using activex?
>
> You can stop using it any time you like. There are plenty of other
> options out there. ESPECIALLY is you are doing video or audio.
>
>> Firefox doesn't use activex but we can still see flash, shockwave, movie
>> files etc etc ... so ..
>
> Actually FireFox DOES support ActiveX if it is available. It also
> supports limited live connect, or that ability for javascript to "talk"
> to the activeX controls on the page. (A rather nice feature is you get
> to choose which activeX controls work)
>
>> can we stop using activex all together??
>
> Again, up to you. Can you accomplish the task without it? Then by all
> means lose it.
>
>> ..as it is a pain in the neck ..
>
> You can not debate an opinion. There is no account for taste.
>
>> it's nearly always blocked (sensibly enough) by sys admins ...
>
> I have never been to a company that blocked activeX. As a matter of
> fact many large corporation require it with their intranet
> applications.
>
> ActiveX is just a technology. It is completely up to you if you want
> to use it or not.
which other technologies allows web sites to mess around with files and
settings on the local machine?
The networks I have been looking at are school networks - where, if the user
can download/install something she shouldn't, she will. I am not entirely
sure if the activex is being blocked or if the web object itself is being
blocked. (eg a shockwave object). but if we remove methods which use the
security blackspot that is acivex then. that at least removes one variable
in the question: - why can't pupils download educational web objects? -
shockwave, Java, etc.
cheers
cw
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