How come GMail doesn't work on IE with no ActiveX but works great on FireFox with no ActiveX ?
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Dear lk_sf, thanks a lot for the question. I had never noticed the issue tht u hav brought up. I searched on the Net n found this topic being discussed on David Wang's blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/05/03/Gmail_Impressions.aspx) . Your concerns over the security aspect is a legitimate one. But after going through the blog, I think it's got more to do with Micro$oft's implementation of AJAX. \n\nI m not an expert on AJAX, but from whatever little I know about it and from whatever I read in the blog, here's what I think could be the reason:\nGMail uses a lot of AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And Xml). And Micro$oft's implementation of AJAX (codenamed "ATLAS") depends on Activex objects, unlike what is used generally by browsers like Firefox.  So I think Google gets a benefit of doubt here - they were compelled to do so to make it compatible with IE. If u r into into web-related technical stff, then i suggest u keep an eye on the blog.
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don't use internet explorer anymore. use mozilla firefox and you will never have to worry about activeX. http://www.mozilla.com
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Where does that problem happened? I f you were in your mail webpage, all liklyhood is that your browser settings was not allowed to us ActiveX  and Java Script. please enable them.  Or maybe there was some page errors, please try at another time.
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Have a look at your internet security options (Tools,  Internet Options, Security and also Privacy).  You may have got your PC protected too well to allow ActiveX controls.
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Internet Explorer is a horrible browser. I suggest Firefox (http://mozilla.com/firefox). It's faster and safer. Plus there is tabbed browsing and a convenient search bar. Plus it's fully skinable and there are entension you can install and you won't have this ActiveX problem (I know cause I had the same problem). It's a 100% better browser
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I dont have any problems and Im running IE 7.0. If it persists, then maybe you should downgrade back to 6.0? Or if you like the features that 7.0 gives you, then you might enjoy http://www.mozilla.com since the interface is similiar.
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has it anything to do with the IE change with how it deals with active x components?  you will have to change how the swf is embedded in the html
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The best way to fix IE is Firefox
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I know right!\n\nI love GMAIL! You can set it up on outlook, but yahoo makes you pay for it. They are so user friendly and they give you so much space! ALL free!\n\nLife would be clueless and expensive without and Gmail.
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Thats not true.\nMay be you are using IE older version. Get a new one.
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There might be a problem with either or both the windows explorer or internet explorer. Firefox has nothing to do with this. Did this happen after you updated windows or something like that??\n\nYou can remove IE7 and see if it works. Also, check the below help articles from Microsoft:\n\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/293623\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/811266
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FF works fine for me. I have noticed that you can't always right click to paste, esp. in Gmail. But Ctrl-V always works for me.\n\nBrian\nhttp://www.amillionchicagopixels.com
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Give up. It's impossible to make IE do ANYTHING properly. That's why everybody uses Firefox or Safari.
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Firefox wouldn't do anything, and if you're talking about better internet browsers you should look at opera, it's been declared the fastest and safest browser in the world, and it's free.\n\nOk now for the problem, the red x's mean that the pictures that are supposed to be shown, aren't there, as in, the pics are stored on a server and to display them, for example in html it would be something like:\n<img src='http://www.example.com/picture.jpg'>, of course in most mail clients it would make that graphical so you don't have to know html to write that, all it means is that the pictures weren't attached, or if they were links to some site, the site is offline or the pics arent' there.\n\nAbout the linking to pictures on his machine, unless he wrote the html and made the mistake to put his links on instead of uploading them to the email, then that would be true. Otherwise its the pictures weren't uploaded correctly on email server.\n\nWhat would help answer this question: what email was this (yahoo, msn, gmail, aim, etc.?), did the person type the html themselves or did they actually say attach in the email window (I can't describe it right, but hopefully you understand what I mean), etc.\n\nLev,\nHope this helped,\nFeel Free to contact me at:\nlevlozhkin@gmail.com, levlozhkin@yahoo.com, REEFORMED@hotmail.com\nlevlozhkin at yahoo messenger, REEFORMED at aim and msn messengers.\n\nLev\n\n\noh yeah and adobe acrobat wouldn't do anything, unless the pics were in some format adobe acrobat supported, and for it to affect the internet browser window you'd have to have the adobe acrobat plugin installed not adobe acrobat itself, but that's not the problem most likely (99 % chance that it isn't)
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Hi there,\n\nWell, I have tried accessing gmail 10 minutes earlier, but had some problems. I think a server maintenance is going on.\nThe first screen comes, asks for username and password and dosen't move on. But this problem happens rarely and has been rectified. \nI don't think Internet Explorer 7 is the cause. I have one and it is working fine.\nHope this solves your query. \n\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny
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you have to install Active X for it to work .. it might take several attempts .. close your IE and try again ..
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best way is to install two browser like  internet explorer and mozilla firefox and then u enjoy ur emails