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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by asadotzler on Thursday May 01, 2025 @07:35AM (#43856320)
Why was ActiveX dead? Why didn't it succeed when MS launched it at a time IE had 90%+ user share?
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Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of thei... by pixl97 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:38AM (#43856899)
Because it required Windows in a time that iPhones were storming the market.

Also the ActiveX security model was pretty horrific.

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