Re: Need advice on reliable way to identify IE asthe browser -- WEB400

Subject: Re: Need advice on reliable way to identify IE asthe browser
From: Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:28:48 +1000
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On 31/07/2008, at 6:14 AM, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

This way if ActiveX is supported with this object type, we're good to go - otherwise I have the alternative code path.

If you have an alternate code path that is cross-browser compatible then why on earth are you bothering with IE-specific stuff? Especially something as horrible as ActiveX? (OK, WinDOS-specific stuff since other browsers can use ActiveX but it's still horrible.)

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Simon Coulter.
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