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As a long time Mac user I never encountered ActiveX. Or at least I don't remember anymore. Is this still in use at major websites apart from korea? And what is
by ralfd 14y ago
As a long time Mac user I never encountered ActiveX. Or at least I don't remember anymore. Is this still in use at major websites apart from korea? And what is ActiveX exactly: Something to execute code like Java or JavaScript?
- DrJokepu 14y agoEssentially, it allows the delivery and execution of native code in the browser. From what I've seen it's still fairly widespread on corporate and academic networks (to enable services such as remote desktop in the browser).
- doc4t 14y agoActiveX is (among other things) used to run JScript in the browser. JScript can be viewed as a super set of JavaScript and will allow you to interact with the file system and such.
- arethuza 14y agoI've seen code (and still have the mental scars) that used VBScript on the client to open a database connection directly from the web client to the DB server - including the database username and password in the client code (this was, of course "sa").
- mgkimsal 14y agowell, at least they didn't have to provide a password. embedding a password in the client code would have been insecure! ;)
- rmc 14y agoSorta like a java applet, but more insecure and only works on windows.
- obtu 14y agoNative code, that is trusted on the basis of having been signed by a special editor cert which the user has to accept. You may have encountered it if you've ever used windows update. Not sandboxed at all, unlike Java.