Posted by Travis Newbury on 11/15/05 17:58

code_wrong wrote:

> > 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?

That was exactly WHY activX was created. To give special abilities to
web pages and web applications. At the time of it's creation, that was
a good thing and gave some awesome abilities to intranets and websites.

Sadly Microsoft did not anticipate the backlash and the hackers.

To quote Reagan "Just because it did not work (as planned), does not
mean it was a bad idea."

Again, arguing over an opinion is a complete waste of time.

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