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
