Sony Antony wrote: > Hi: > I tried google search and www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/faq.htm ( The > mozilla activeX plugin page ) to get an answer. So I m trying my luck > here. Please direct me to the proper newsgroup if this is not the > right place. > > We are thinking of using webXtender - a web based application server > for our project. > > But it uses ASP ( Active Server Page ) and activeX controls. > We don t want our browsers to be limited to IE. ( Some people use > Linux for their desktop ). I heard mozilla has a plugin for activeX. > Is this ( the above site is teh web page for it ) or any other plugins > available for UNIX/Linux platforms. > Or is the very idea of activeX on UNIX/Linux browsers absurd. >
I have a feeling I'm going offtopic, but the idea of ActiveX as Microsoft implemented it is absurd in the *nix world because it gives root-level priviledges to anyone's webpage. The prompts aren't usually enough to prevent a user from installing an ActiveX control. Ok, I'm definitely offtopic. The thing to look for is either Netscape plugins in addition to the activex controls. After that, if the app server really depends on activex controls, you're either gonna have to require your users to use IE (blech), or you're gonna have to find another one. Dave > Thanks a lot > --sony
