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Brian Hook on the ActiveX Experience

Posted by Hemos on from the poorly-made-and-maintained dept.

Obiwan Kenobi writes "Brian Hook of id software fame got around to developing on ActiveX and found some minor grievances, particularly in the security department. To quote: "I've been doing some ActiveX coding on the side for a couple days, stuff I'm not familiar with, and I'm just flat out _appalled_ at how bad that entire API and design is. I can make an OCX that basically formats your hard drive, stick it on a Web page with a tag, and if your security settings are set low enough, you'll start formatting your hard drive the minute you visit my Web page.""

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  1. Re:Gee, that's news... by Assmasher · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ***ever*** (ugh, gud grummar ahnd spalling)

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  2. Re:Nothing useful from old troll, GeckoX by GeckoX · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    wtf? Where did that come from. You sure did take that wrong.

    My point was that the problem is with ActiveX itself, not with MFC _or_ ATL. There's no point arguing the various tool boxes and languages that can be used to build ActiveX controls.

    As for the rest of that large amount of energy directed at defaming me, really, what did I do to you to deserve that?

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  3. Re:Nothing useful from old troll, GeckoX by koreaman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Look at Twitter's posting history, he loves to call people "troll". The truth is, he is one himself.

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