tdf#90386 is about IE8 only, IE9 and above do not have the issue. In the case I reported, IE8 is still used in order to compatible with legacy systems. It is my point that, why bother to remove it if not harmful or infeasible?
2015-12-31 10:19 GMT+08:00 Bryan Quigley <[email protected]>: > >I've reported tdf#90386 last year, which was about IE8 didn't render > >embedded LibreOffice properly. > From that bug, does that mean it doesn't really work properly anyway > since LO 4.4/IE8? > > >Eventually it obsoletes, but I prefer to consider this when facing some > >directly related event. > >( i.e EOL of Windows7, new toolchain ceasing ActiveX support, or security > issue which lacks of engineer resource ) . > > Microsoft recently changed their policy (going into effect Jan 2016), > to obsolete all but the latest IE on said platform. Which means for > the great majority of (supported) users IE11 is the only supported > version. > > [1] > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/microsoft-internet-explorer/en-us > > >> On 31 Dec 2015, at 7:02 AM, Bryan Quigley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi there, > >> > >> Recently it was decided to remove the rest of NPAPI support [1] which > >> got me thinking about the other Windows specific plugin tech - > >> ActiveX. > >> > >> It seems ActiveX is very much no longer recommended by Microsoft and > >> it seems to not work by default for IE10/11 on Windows 7 and up. Any > >> objections to removing? > >> > >> AFAICT this would just be removing embedding LO into IE. > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> Bryan > >> > >> [1] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/20658/ and ESC discussion > >> here: > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2015-December/071504.html > >> [2] > https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/05/06/a-break-from-the-past-part-2-saying-goodbye-to-activex-vbscript-attachevent/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LibreOffice mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice > > > _______________________________________________ > LibreOffice mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice > -- Mark Hung
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