Re: VB and Active X

[Mitch Blevins <mblevin@mindspring.com>]

In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Someone I know who is learning programming sent me a link to a web page
> they were working on that had VB and Active X controls.  I couldn't see
> any of it in netscape.  Why not?  Is it possible to see this stuff on a
> Linux box?   Are LInux users going to be cut off from web based
> application written in MS languages?

"cut off" is such strong language.  I prefer "protected".
ActiveX and VBScript should not be used for web applications meant
for general consumption.  Doing so risks not reaching a good percentage
of the target audience because:

1) It is not cross-platform.
2) ActiveX has security risks, which prompts many security-conscious
   users to disable it.

Your friend should be using Java/Javascript for client-side interactivity
if web-programming is of interest to him.

-Mitch