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Stalling
\ inkleputDEL (22 Nov 2007)
. \ Ron K. (22 Nov 2007)
. \ inkleputDEL (25 Nov 2007)
. . \ Dan (26 Nov 2007)
. . \ Chris Ilias (26 Nov 2007)
. . \ Ron Hunter (26 Nov 2007)
. \ inkleputDEL (29 Nov 2007)

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Subject:	Re: Stalling
Group:	Mozilla-support-firefox
From:	inkleputDEL
Date:	29 Nov 2007

Ron Hunter <rphunter> said:

>inkleputDEL wrote:
>> "Ron K." <killjay> said:
>>
>>> inkleputDEL wrote:
>>>> Why does Firefox allow ActiveX to stall it, requiring a reboot?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> JimL
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>> Fx does not support ActiveX, it is a MS proprietary technology that is
>>> not open source. If you want some exposure to the risks of Active X
>>> then search for an add-on at the Mozilla Add-on site. The link is in
>>> the Add-on manager dialog.
>>
>> I want exposure to nothing.
>>
>> I'm asking why Firefox doesn't just spit out ActiveX popup pages instead
>> of choking on them.
>>
>>
>> JimL
>>
>I have never seen FF choke on an ActiveX application. It just doesn't
>do anything with them. As for a reboot, what OS are you using? At the
>worst, you might have to use Task Manager to kill the task, and restart
>the program.

I'd say it isn't an application per se. It comes up asking me if I want
to install ActiveX. I say no. It goes on to try to install it anyway.
It gets to a point where it loops between two options. Click no on one
and the other pops up, ad infinitum. Anything else triggers a "Ding."

JimL

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