>
>
>
> Was pleased to see the Non-Flash animation on google's site today, and so
> went ahead to view its code for how it managed to get rid of a proprietary
> animation tool, and was shocked to see usage of Microsoft's ActiveX control
> if(window.ActiveXObject){a=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");if(!a)a=new
> ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}

<snip>
Hi, ActiveXObject is used for AJAX.  It has been used to compatibility on
older versions of IE.  Now everyone uses XMLHttpRequest object.   More on
ActiveXObject here,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7sw4ddf8%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
:)
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