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The mostly JS-less web was fine, fast, and reliable 20 years ago and I never had ActiveX. I hear stories about Flash and ActiveX but I literally never needed t
by foxfluff 5y ago
The mostly JS-less web was fine, fast, and reliable 20 years ago and I never had ActiveX.
I hear stories about Flash and ActiveX but I literally never needed these to shop or pay bills online. Payments also didn't require scripts from a dozen domains and four redirects..
- artificial 5y agoYup, and taking payments online was awful but privacy was more of a thing. In South Korea ActiveX was required until recently. https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/10/south_korea_activex_certs_dead/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/10/south_korea_activex_c...