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ActiveX controls - LavCat - 05-11-2004
Why do some topics want to run ActiveX controls (in IE6) when opened? I have such things blocked, but it seems odd to me that ActiveX controls are necessary. Is this a bug or a feature?
ActiveX controls - NiteFox - 05-11-2004
Can you give us an example of such a thread?
ActiveX controls - LavCat - 05-11-2004
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/index.p...t=ST&f=7&t=3545
as of just now.
ActiveX controls - NiteFox - 05-11-2004
Ah, the only unusual thing I can see is unrealshadow13's avatar, a Macromedia SWF.
Check any other threads he's posted in, see if there's any corrolations. And there's your answer, fish-bulb.
ActiveX controls - DeeBye - 05-12-2004
NiteFox,May 11 2004, 01:54 PM Wrote:Ah, the only unusual thing I can see is unrealshadow13's avatar, a Macromedia SWF.Yeah, I bet that's it.
Here's the URL of the Flash, in case anyone's interested.
http://www.domainarun.com/movies/ph34r.swf
To be quite honest, I don't think that allowing .SWF avatars is a very good idea. I can just imagine all sorts of really obnoxious ones popping up.
ActiveX controls - NiteFox - 05-12-2004
Actually, I've seen very few obnoxious flash avatars and sigs. At least no more than simple image ones can be obnoxious.
One guy on the Star Alliance boards has a pretty cool sig with a crosshair that follows the mouse pointer whenever the cursor rolls over it. Amusing for a few seconds.
But with this avatar... Hmm, you could do exactly the same thing with an animated GIF.
Edit: And Dee... Just noticed that you're upside down. Wassup with that?
ActiveX controls - DeeBye - 05-12-2004
NiteFox,May 12 2004, 05:45 AM Wrote:Actually, I've seen very few obnoxious flash avatars and sigs. At least no more than simple image ones can be obnoxious.Just you wait until someone adds sound to their .swf avatar and/or sig. Then wait for multiple .swf avatars/sigs featuring sound appearing in the same thread. It'll get annoying in a hurry.
NiteFox,May 12 2004, 05:45 AM Wrote:Edit: And Dee... Just noticed that you're upside down. Wassup with that?
What do you mean?
ActiveX controls - NiteFox - 05-12-2004
DeeBye,May 12 2004, 11:00 AM Wrote:Just you wait until someone adds sound to their .swf avatar and/or sig. Then wait for multiple .swf avatars/sigs featuring sound appearing in the same thread. It'll get annoying in a hurry.*Makes mental note to hunt down and use the "Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?" line from Dumb & Dumber*
Quote:What do you mean?*Stares at Dee*
Uh... Never mind.
Edit: Bah, wrong movie. Curse my addled memory.
ActiveX controls - yangman - 05-23-2004
NiteFox,May 12 2004, 04:04 AM Wrote:*Makes mental note to hunt down and use the "Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?" line from Dumb & Dumber*How can I possibly resist.
:P
*note* Flash-plugin for Quicktime required, I think...
ActiveX controls - Bolty - 05-28-2004
DeeBye,May 12 2004, 07:00 AM Wrote:Just you wait until someone adds sound to their .swf avatar and/or sig. Then wait for multiple .swf avatars/sigs featuring sound appearing in the same thread. It'll get annoying in a hurry.Dee, you're right of course. I have disabled .swf avatars as of today.
-Bolty
ActiveX controls - LavCat - 05-30-2004
ActiveX controls are still trying to run when I access the pages in question.
ActiveX controls - Quark - 05-30-2004
The function call for .swf is still in the Source ...
So even though the avatar is "blocked" (shows up white for me), Shockwave/Flash is still trying to load on your system.
ActiveX controls - LavCat - 05-30-2004
Ah, thank you for the explaination!
ActiveX controls - Bolty - 05-31-2004
Quark,May 30 2004, 04:25 PM Wrote:The function call for .swf is still in the Source ...So in other words, turning off .swfs is useless?
So even though the avatar is "blocked" (shows up white for me), Shockwave/Flash is still trying to load on your system.
-Bolty
ActiveX controls - DeeBye - 05-31-2004
Bolty,May 30 2004, 11:32 PM Wrote:As long a new users can't use Flash avatars, I don't think that disabling them was a useless gesture.Quark,May 30 2004, 04:25 PM Wrote:The function call for .swf is still in the Source ...So in other words, turning off .swfs is useless?
So even though the avatar is "blocked" (shows up white for me), Shockwave/Flash is still trying to load on your system.
-Bolty
Is there any reason why you can't manually disable the Flash avatar in question?
ActiveX controls - Bolty - 05-31-2004
DeeBye,May 31 2004, 01:06 AM Wrote:Is there any reason why you can't manually disable the Flash avatar in question?Had to go through the backend database, but the avatar is now set to null for that account.
-Bolty
ActiveX controls - Grayloch - 06-01-2004
Great. Now every time I try to access a thread in which unrealshadow13 has posted, my IE crashes. ("This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.") :angry:
-G.
Edit: fixed the problem by turning off avatars in my board control settings.
ActiveX controls - Guest - 06-02-2004
Quote:Is there any reason why you can't manually disable the Flash avatar in question?
If I hadn't just gone through a transitional period, I would not have minded saying that I was offended. If anybody had a problem with my avatar, they would have only to PM me, and I would have changed it. My avatar has been changed to a *.png (static).
If anybody has any problem with my avatar or anything else on my digital bodice, I would appreciate you emailing/PMing me, instead of starting a thread to talk behind my back.
ActiveX controls - LavCat - 06-02-2004
I was the one who started the thread, and at the time I had no idea your avatar was what was causing problems.
ActiveX controls - Guest - 06-02-2004
Apologies. I still wish somebody had PM'd me once my avatar was found to be the source of your problems.