RE: FN-FORUM: ActiveX Content, Internet Explorer

date posted 18th January 2006 15:11

Nope you have the wrong end of the stick, we are talking about applications
run in the browser window that can have direct access to the users local
system, files etc. there is no default detection you have to detect using
server side (or client side script) and since AFAIK ActiveX will only work
with IE it is easier just to look for IE and then default to Java for all
the rest since Java is available for most platforms (Including IE).

The reason for not just giving them the Java component is that -

a. although IE bundled with its own version of java called MSJVM (Microsoft
Java Virtual Machine) Java owned by Sun took MS to court and stopped them
distributing it with IE and only recently allowed them again so many IE
users don't have Java installed.

b. The ActiveX actually works nicer and feels better to use than the Java
component which uses it's own versions of the file selectors depending on
the version of java you have installed.

So basically gives you the best of both worlds and it's a better experience
for most of the users.

Regards

Sam Morgan

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>
> I think i get it. so we're more talkin about how directly
> the scripts are
> executed? so wud it be safe for me to think that ie assumes
> default activeX
> object if there is none specified? wud it be better to simply
> offer jupload
> to everyone and assume ie users will get ActiveX instead?
>
>
> >From: Sam Morgan [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: ActiveX Content, Internet Explorer
> >Date: 18 Jan 2006 14:49:10 -0000
> >
> >
> >Here's a situation for you.
> >
> >Multiple large file uploads with progress bar (We are
> talking sometimes
> >over
> >100 files of around 2MB each).
> >
> >In one digital photo processing site I am developing I use
> ASPUpload and
> >Xupload, the ActiveX is really nice to use if the user has
> IE, it uses all
> >windows dialogs and feels like they are working in windows
> and it works
> >well
> >so I've given the best experience to 70% of the users, then
> for the other
> >30% on other browsers I give them Jupload, a Java version
> which still works
> >well but just not quite as nice and requires java.
> >
> >Although if you know of a flash file uploader that works
> well I'd be happy
> >to consider using that instead.