[OT] Active-x : the only way?

[JGL]

Is it possible that the flash active-x control not be an active-x control or

is that the only way IE handles 'plug-ins'. I know the IE distribution of

Flash player is only available as an active-x control but was wondering if

that the reason was because it is the only way an IE browser can see the

Flash content. Just curious, mainly. I'm on another list of 'non flash'

programming issues and there is a huge debate going on about users turning

off active-x in their browsers.


The irony of doing that (disabling active-x) is that windows update won't

work and their browsers never auto update with new security features such as

active-x patches.


The debate centers around not that Flash can make a computer vulnerable but

that having active-x enabled does.


Any thoughts?


jgl