Some people like to complain about all the new features that come with new versions of software. Microsoft recently took the unusual step of removing a feature from Internet Explorer, but don’t get the idea that they’re doing us a favor. For many years, IE has supported Netscape-style plug-ins, which are client-side programs that can be invoked from a Web page using the EMBED tag. IE’s support for ActiveX controls was always preferred, and ActiveX development was always more polished. There were a few cases of commercial applications available only in plug-in form and some other popular programming techniques that rely on plug-ins. But developers and users could always rely on IE supporting plug-ins.
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