activeX and mac:

[cyberone]

tried IE for mac 5.2, icab, opera, safari, firefox - didnt find a way to use activeX.

really only possible on a windows machine?

would need activeX for some remote control features.

any way out with having a mac?

this is definitively the first and only time i feel limited with a mac ...

tks for any inputs.

 

[yojitani]

tried IE for mac 5.2, icab, opera, safari, firefox - didnt find a way to use activeX.

really only possible on a windows machine?

would need activeX for some remote control features.

any way out with having a mac?

this is definitively the first and only time i feel limited with a mac ...

tks for any inputs.

Yes, activeX is a component of windows OS only. What are you trying to do?

 

[lom8104]

Does anyone know why it cannot be ported to OS X?

 

[xUKHCx]

Does anyone know why it cannot be ported to OS X?

Because we don't want it, it gives me nothing but crap on the uni computers.

 

[daveL]

Does anyone know why it cannot be ported to OS X?

ActiveX is a Microsoft technology built into IE. MS dropped IE Mac support a couple years ago. There is no IE for Intel Macs and never will be.

ActiveX is also one of the biggest security problems IE has. Even if I could get IE on OS X, I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

 

[Sherman Homan]

Does anyone know why it cannot be ported to OS X?

Many in the PC community wish it wasn't a part of their lives. It has a never-ending series of security breaches.

 

[yojitani]

Many in the PC community wish it wasn't a part of their lives. It has a never-ending series of security breaches.

haha. I was trying to be neutral... but, yes, ActiveX isn't your friend.

 

[localoid]

Does anyone know why it cannot be ported to OS X?

Because ActiveX is 99.44% pure evil. 🙄

 

[cyberone]

lets assume i dont fear security breaches.

would need it to remote control a network camera.

the dlink dcs-6620.

i know, there are axis models that support macintosh.

but there are lightyears between their capabilities.

anyway, dlink support confirmed to me that with IE on my mac it should run. it doesnt, no activeX activated. and no plug-ins available.

no way out?

 

[Felicity]

Used Parallels with IE to run ActivX on my mac

But now I see where before I was blind...

So what's the html for mac dummies solution? Any product work like this (which in theory is brilliant)?

 

[Nermal]

Does anyone know why it cannot be ported to OS X?

ActiveX is a system that allows binary code to run inside IE. Even if the technology itself was ported over, the binaries that run inside it are still specifically written for Windows, ie. you'd have the same problem as if you were trying to run a generic Windows app inside OS X.