Javascript / Active X Controls, Page not showing fully if users has java / active x turned off. Options

[dsp]

If someone loads a page which includes javascript and / or active X conntrols and they have those options turned off, is there a way to alert them to the fact that they are not seeing the page as designed and to provide them with an easy one-click option to turn java/active x on?

Thanks.

[Darin McGrew]

If someone loads a page which includes javascript and / or active X conntrols and they have those options turned off, is there a way to alert them to the fact that they are not seeing the page as designed

Yes, but it's better to provide alternative non-JavaScript content, or to use JavaScript in a way that degrades gracefully when JavaScript is disabled/unavailable. See NOSCRIPT - Non-script Content in our HTML 4 reference.

and to provide them with an easy one-click option to turn java/active x on?

No. That is a browser setting that the author cannot control.

Besides, ActiveX works only on MSIE, and anyone who uses MSIE and has disabled it, probably won't reenable it for any site.

[dsp]

If someone loads a page which includes javascript and / or active X conntrols and they have those options turned off, is there a way to alert them to the fact that they are not seeing the page as designed

Yes, but it's better to provide alternative non-JavaScript content, or to use JavaScript in a way that degrades gracefully when JavaScript is disabled/unavailable. See NOSCRIPT - Non-script Content in our HTML 4 reference.

and to provide them with an easy one-click option to turn java/active x on?

No. That is a browser setting that the author cannot control.

Besides, ActiveX works only on MSIE, and anyone who uses MSIE and has disabled it, probably won't reenable it for any site.

An "alternative"? One of my harmless scripts is a digital clock - not harmless and what's an alternative to a clock? Maybe a non-script clock?

Not sure how you can speak for "anyone" else who uses MSIE regarding 're-enabling' though.

This post has been edited by dsp: Jan 7 2007, 08:56 PM

[Darin McGrew]

what's an alternative to a clock?

I've already got a clock. It displays on my taskbar.

Not sure how you can speak for "anyone" else who uses MSIE regarding 're-enabling' though.

Perhaps. But my thought is that anyone who has disabled it probably did so based on security concerns, and is unlikely to reenable it just because some random web site was designed to depend upon it.