[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 29054] Remove dead ActiveX code in RenderPartObject

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29054





--- Comment #10 from John Abd-El-Malek <jam at chromium.org>  2009-09-10 17:41:39 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #8)
> > This would only be the case if Safari provides a generic ActiveX host control,
> > i.e. one that supports the "application/x-oleobject" mime type.  I don't think
> > that's the case?  Chrome used to do that as an experiment in web compat, but it
> > hurt more than it helped, so we removed it.
> 
> Of course Safari does not provide such a thing, but I had the impression that
> it could be a plug-in that provides it, not Safari itself.
> 
> I guess I didn't realize this was a Chrome-specific experiment. If so, then I
> think the ifdefs were done wrong, because the hook was included in all WebKit
> browsers, not just Chrome. I guess it was included in the non-Chrome versions
> of WebKit for no good reason, and there's a good chance nobody tried to use
> this hook on other platforms, so it's probably OK to take it out.

I'm not aware of any NPAPI plugin that registers for that mime type, since it's
really a generic type used for ActiveX.  I'm quite certain no other WebKit port
is crazy enough to try this, but if there are any regressions we can revisit
this.

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