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Would you like to go back to the dark times of IE6?
by pif 5y ago
Would you like to go back to the dark times of IE6?
- CJefferson 5y agoAll the browsers since IE6 are built on open standards. It was stagnation and lack of openness (ActiveX) which caused IE6 to hang around so long.
- mschuster91 5y agoActiveX was relatively open-ish. Back in the days young me used a Visual Studio 6 off of eDonkey to develop applets in VB6. The problems were that: - unlike modern compiled code for the web - WASM and transpiled JavaScript - Java and ActiveX got executed with host privileges which made both an incredible entry point for malware such as "dialers" and early viruses. - many corporations and governments (e.g. Korea [1]) built their stuff in ActiveX or mandated its use in actual laws and regulations, while only MS Internet Explorer ever implemented ActiveX out of said security reasons. - many corporations and governments only ever coded and tested against IE6 which meant that their sites and products were dependent on IE6-specific quirks [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/elaineramirez/2016/11/30/south-koreas-online-banking-system-is-stuck-in-1996/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/elaineramirez/2016/11/30/south-...
- Narishma 5y agoAre you arguing with yourself?