296209 - Create Gecko ActiveX plugin for IE

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Embedding: ActiveX Wrapper, enhancement)

Description

[u81239]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050514 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050514 Firefox/1.0+

I am tired of supporting the IE web browser. It would be much more convenient if
I could just tell it to use the Gecko engine.

I request the ability to let my webpages serve an embedded Gecko engine to
Internet Explorer users, as an ActiveX control. This could then take over the
rendering of e.g. HTML, XHTML, XML, SVG and XUL pages.

Preferrably co-operate closely with spyware manufacturers so that installation
steps are not necessary.


~Grauw

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Benjamin Smedberg]

The ActiveX control already exists as a separate download; there are also plans
to re-integrate it with Firefox and allow IE to render XUL using content-type
handlers. But this bug as filed is vague and silly.

Comment 2

[u81239]

It’s not at all the same thing. I know about the ActiveX control, it is to allow
applications which use ActiveX to embed a browser control to use Mozilla instead
of IE with minimal changes. But it doesn’t at all do what I filed that bug for,
the users need to manually install it locally first, and even then it doesn’t
take over IE’s rendering at all. Besides, I would like this to work on a
page-by-page basis, only when the author specified it.

I’m taking this much too seriously now, heh :).

~Grauw

Comment 3

[Jonathan Leighton]

I have a better idea: instead of embedding the *whole* rendering engine, we
should only embed part to correct IE's rendering bugs. That way the end user
will get a smaller download, still not have to switch browser, and probably not
even notice they are using a combined rendering engine!

Possibly a bit like Dean Edward's IE7, except with ActiveX and Mozilla branded...

     Mozilla ZebraField
         --- Making rendering black and white

Shall I file a separate bug? ; )