<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">How can I view the websites with activex controls in my ubuntu 10.04 system?</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>One sane way which I recommend for users is to install Virtual Box, setup an XP guest and then visit the site using IE 6 or 7. </div><div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); ">Activex has always been a security nightmare.</span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>
Not necessarily true. ActiveX run native code, can serve better and are faster. It is the browser's security model which has made activex vulnerable.</div><div><br></div><div>Similar implementations are mozilla extensions. </div>
<div><br></div><div>That is why very high end web apps provide activex, xpi. If both of them don't work, then they resort to java applets.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#444444" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><br>
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