Re: Plug applications into browsers

2007-02-26 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007, Howard Young wrote: > I have never heard of Web2.0 before? I will go and find out what this is. Now you are some lucky person. You may also want to look at XSwallow: http://www.skynet.ie/~caolan/Packages/XSwallow.html -- Sam. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: Plug applications into browsers

2007-02-26 Thread Howard Young
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Howard, I can guarantee you that ActiveX plug-ins don't and won't work in Linux-native browsers. I am guessing you think I mean to use ActiveX through WINE or some such thing? Do not worry that had not been my intention I was

Re: Plug applications into browsers

2007-02-26 Thread Howard Young
Hendrik, This was more or less what I wanted to be assured of. Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Mittwoch 21 Februar 2007 12:11 schrieb Howard Young: This very much depends on what you want to do. Netscape-style plugins work in many browsers, e.g. konqueror can use them, too, like it uses the plugi

Re: Plug applications into browsers

2007-02-26 Thread Howard Young
Hello, Wouter Verhelst wrote: If you want to write a plugin, however (as opposed to an applet that is shown on a page), then you could indeed use the netscape plugin API (which is supported by almost every browser for the Linux platform). You should probably ask the mozilla people about that, th

Re: Plug applications into browsers

2007-02-22 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 11:11:02AM +, Howard Young wrote: > Hello > > I had wanted to use MSYS to develop for the other platform. Most of my > experience is with WIN32 API, ATL3/COM+ and DirectX on the other platform. > > Ron Johnson wrote: > >Huh? ActiveX is woven deeply into, and relies u

Re: Plug applications into browsers

2007-02-21 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Mittwoch 21 Februar 2007 12:11 schrieb Howard Young: > For example a stream client. > I will use Java but I want a backup. > On all platforms it seems possible to write a separate application but > in no real way integrated with the browser. This very much depends on what you want to do. Netsca

Re: Plug applications into browsers

2007-02-21 Thread Howard Young
Hello I had wanted to use MSYS to develop for the other platform. Most of my experience is with WIN32 API, ATL3/COM+ and DirectX on the other platform. Ron Johnson wrote: Huh? ActiveX is woven deeply into, and relies upon the Win32 API. Yes. 1 I want to develop on Linux only. Writing: a

Plug applications into browsers

2007-02-20 Thread Howard Young
Has anyone ever tried writing an ActiveX on Linux to use with IE. ...Has anyone ever tried writing a program that will work as a plug-in on Linux (to work in as many browsers as possible). I know Java is a possible candidate for various things but I would rather have some sort of alternative whe