Re: [flasher] Re: [OT] Active-x : the only way?

[John Dowdell]

Sorry for the delay, and I'm not sure I pulled the right questions from the

posts, but I hope these may help:


--  IE/Win is able to use Netscape Plugins, but most installations use the

auto-installable ActiveX Controls


--  The Macromedia Flash Player is available wrapped as a Netscape Plugin,

and also wrapped as an ActiveX Control (ie, the player can be either

control or plugin)


--  IE/Win only offers script/object intercommunication with ActiveX

Controls, not with Netscape Plugins. (ie, you *need* the Player in ActiveX

wrapper to use FSCommand in IE/Win.)


--  If a browser's security settings are set to disallow ActiveX *use*,

then it won't let controls display. (This is distinct from restrictions on

ActiveX *installation*.)


--  When installing ActiveX Controls you'll see a digital certificate,

which identifies the site doing the installation. Such a digital ID merely

identifies a site via a certifying body, and such an ID makes no

representation or claims upon the safety or integrity of items downloaded

from that known site. (ie, a certificate merely says "yup, that's

Macromedia all right" rather than "hey, this is the Flash Player, cool

beans!" or whatever computers say.... ;-)


--  If an intranet is set to bar ActiveX installation or use, then these

people will see similar warnings on many, many other well-known sites...

you won't bear this burden alone.


jd






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