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The headline could not be more misleading. IE8 cannot be removed, it can only be disabled so that the user cannot execute iexplore.exe. However, any program th
by briansmith 18y ago
The headline could not be more misleading. IE8 cannot be removed, it can only be disabled so that the user cannot execute iexplore.exe. However, any program that makes use of the web browser control will still be able to instantiate it. And, the user can re-enable iexplore.exe at any time.
- derefr 18y agoAll operating systems today need to come with some library or framework that lays out and renders HTML and CSS, whether they have a "web browser" installed or not. It's just one of those basic things developers have come to expect to be available when creating GUI software, and personally I'd hate to see it removed as an option. That Trident is that option makes sense to me; if it could be swapped out, though, that'd be interesting. I wonder if an interface could be written so that Gecko or Webkit could be used in place of mshtml.dll?
- blasdel 18y agoWine has an implementation using Gecko.
- whughes 18y agoThe old Gecko ActiveX control was designed to be a drop-in replacement for the Trident one. There was an IEPatcher which worked in some cases, though not always: http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/control.htm#usingPatcher http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/control.htm#usingPatcher This is, of course, only applicable to programs which use the ActiveX control. It's also a really old Mozilla version.