Opera lol

[applegoddess]

http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2008/12/02/google-closes-the-web-in-koreaNot opera's opinion, but one of an opera employee nevertheless. This kind of retarded* attitude is why Opera will never stop being a niche desktop browser. I honestly think the Safari/Webkit guys are doing a better job bringing real open web standards to more people. And of

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[crinklebat]

I'm intrigued. Do you know why ActiveX is apparently required for Korean browsers? I apparently don't know anything about what Korean people expect when they visit a website but I think I'm going to like it.

[applegoddess]

Lots of korean websites typically require ActiveX and many, many other plugins and extensions for the various things they have to offer. It's extremely difficult to actually use a site without, i.e. my mother tries to do it on her Mac with Safari and there's very little fallback, the rest we have to resort to a little webappsec knowledge when possible, which is how someone nearly computer illiterate knows so much about cross-site scripting ;) The main site where this is a problem for her is basically like a small forum with integrated gallery and more, and basically anything that's not simply text is off limits, that's how bad it is

[crinklebat]

Wow, thanks for dropping this knowledge on me. I'm extremely amused because I work on a product that's been shat on for years for its dependence on an ActiveX control...whose removal from the product I was recently rewarded for. Handsomely. In beer.

So you can imagine my jaw kind of fell open to learn that in fact there's a place where people welcome, nay, require ActiveX controls in order to enjoy the internet. This truly is a wonderful world ;)

[applegoddess]

Ahh I wondered if that was a typo or something ;)

I'm undecided over whether or not it's a bad thing. Like mentioned in the link, Korea's having a hard time dealing with lackluster mobile browsing experiences and adoption because of this dependence. I can only imagine other problems (accessibility, for one). But they do provide features that would be difficult to reproduce. So torn :(