Chris Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Everybody who is anybody who is not Microsoft has joined forces to create a new way of running software applications inside a Web browser. At stake is the future of Web "plug-ins," or third-party programs such as Macromedia's Flash animation software that operate within browsers. Microsoft's rivals want to enhance plug-ins to match capabilities available in Internet Explorer through Microsoft's ActiveX technology.The Mozilla Foundation, Opera Software and Apple Computer--all browser providers--said on Wednesday that they had teamed up with plug-in vendors Sun Microsystems, Adobe Systems and Macromedia to revise the way plug-ins run in non-Microsoft browsers. The way it is now, distinct applications like Macromedia Flash can run as plug-ins in a Web browser. But in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, those plug-in applications can interact with the content on a Web page, thanks to Microsoft's potent and controversial ActiveX technology.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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