![]() ![]() Microsoft representatives declined to say why IE 6 no longer supports the Netscape format.īecause it could have delivered an ActiveX version of the QuickTime plug-in long ago but instead continued to use the Netscape format for the Windows version of QuickTime. This problem also will affect users of the forthcoming Windows XP, which will include IE 6. ![]() As a result, Windows users who upgrade to IE 6 won’t be able to access content that requires a Netscape plug-in. Internet Explorer for Windows has long supported both formats, but for the new IE 6, Microsoft dropped support for the Netscape plug-in format. There are two plug-in formats: the Netscape format and Microsoft’s own format, called ActiveX. To display this content, a browser uses small software add-ons, called plug-ins, that extend the browser’s capabilities. To understand the problem, it helps to know how Windows browsers handle anything other than text and graphics-including multimedia such as movies.
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