Active x requirement for firefox

Active x requirement for firefox
What does an active x support needed for Firefox browser. I have installed the same and in some cases it prompts me for active x download. What should I do here. Why this active x is needed in the computer and other than for this I have a flash player support in the computer. I have already that and does active x is really needy for the same.
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Old 06-02-2010
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Re: Active x requirement for firefox
ActiveX is the instrument or apparatus by which Internet Explorer (IE) loads other submission in the browser. All the way through ActiveX, IE loads Windows Media Player, Flash, Quicktime, and other submission that can read your files, the folder and the document entrenched in the web pages. ActiveX controls are stimulated when you click an item such as a .WMV file on a web page to download it for display in your Internet Explorer browser window.
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As the ActiveX is a product of Microsoft, ActiveX was specially premeditated to work with Windows systems. ActiveX is not sustained or maintained by Microsoft on other operating systems such as Mac or Linux. But the Firefox or the other browser works on the multiple operating systems using the help of the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) system. NPAPI executes functions comparable to those of ActiveX. But Firefox does not authoritatively support ActiveX.
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Old 06-02-2010
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ActiveX was premeditated to make seamless media playback all the way through Internet Explorer easier. If you are selecting the media on a web page, after that the Internet Explorer downloads the contented and calls the suitable ActiveX control, as demanded by the web page, to load the playback submission in the browser, potentially with little or no involvement.
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Because active x this system is competent of mechanically downloading new ActiveX controls without your participation, it has been oppressed by spyware, viruses, and other malevolent software. Internet Explorer has superior ActiveX sanctuary in a number of ways, and many of the sanctuary loopholes have been closed in IE 7. However, it is still comparatively easy to download and activate a malevolent ActiveX control on your computer.
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An ActiveX control is the correspondent of an NPAPI plugin. However, ActiveX and plugin equipment have dissimilarity. While the prospective effects of malevolent content are comparable, plugins inherently have better sanctuary characteristics. Plugins have less control over the web page in which they are entrenched and cannot be used in submission other than a web browser. ActiveX has broader use across a greater number of submission.
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