Mozilla ActiveX Control
Introduction
Motivation
"Wouldn't it be great if the Mozilla browser engine were an Active control that could be embedded as in applications?"
That's a question that myself and other had asked on the Mozilla groups soon after the Mozilla project began. And further:
"Wouldn't it be great if the Mozilla control used the same API as the Internet Explorer control?"
The aim of this project is to be both of these things.
Why?
Previous versions of Netscape Communicator/Navigator were arguably superior to IE as day to day browsers but they suffered through their immediate usability and modularity. Although the Netscape browser was great as a standalone application, it wasn't possible to utilize that functionality in third party applications. On the other hand, Internet Explorer shipped with an ActiveX control which allowed exactly that ability.
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