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| 30 Nov 2010 09:06 PM |
Trident (also known as MSHTML) is the name of the layout engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer.
It was first introduced with the release of Internet Explorer version 4.0 in October 1997; it has been steadily upgraded and remains in use today. For versions 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer, Microsoft made significant changes to the Trident layout engine to improve compliance with web standards and add support for new technologies. With version 5.0 of Trident, Microsoft intends to comply with many modern web standards, and also intends to significantly update the layout engine to be more competitive and modern compared to other current layout engines.
Trident was designed as a software component to allow software developers to easily add web browsing functionality to their own applications. It presents a COM interface for accessing and editing web pages in any COM-supported environment, like C++ and .NET. For instance, a web browser control can be added to a C++ program and Trident can then be used to access the page currently displayed in the web browser and retrieve element values. Events from the web browser control can also be captured. Trident functionality becomes available by linking the file mshtml.dll to the software project.
Trident is the reason why ROBLOX is not compatable on other Web Browser, such as Opera, Safari, Google Chrome, and FireFox.
If they were to stop using Trident as their layout engine, in theory, it should work on other internet browsers. |
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| 30 Nov 2010 09:09 PM |
| Yes! Finally, an actually logic thread about this! I've wanted to use Firefox for Roblox for a while, but I can only browse the site. I 100% agree! :D |
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Cjslick
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| 30 Nov 2010 09:11 PM |
| Firefox rocks, why should it be excluded from such a good Browser? |
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| 30 Nov 2010 09:12 PM |
| I know FireFox rocks, Cjslick. That's why I suggested this. |
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| 30 Nov 2010 09:16 PM |
Exactly.
ROBLOX built their games and software of C++. They use Microsoft's .NET Framework to make their software, so they use Microsoft Internet Explorer in their software.
Microsoft owns the only supported browser. |
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| 30 Nov 2010 09:19 PM |
@HolyBanana,
Trident is just the layout engine working only for IE. Other layout engines can work just fine in this case. |
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| 30 Nov 2010 09:20 PM |
| Trident is just how it communicates with the game. They don't need Trident; its just the easiest. |
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CoolTJP
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| 30 Nov 2010 09:45 PM |
Wow, I totally needed all of that info.
It would have been easier to say "Roblox uses micrsofts trident thing, and if they didn't use that, in theroy, it should work on all browsers.
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Cjslick
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| 02 Dec 2010 08:38 PM |
| Looking up what they could use... It seems that Firefox runs smoother than IE... I could run it on roblox and play good games with little or no lag... I think their's a javascript for Firefox which allows it to alter Trident somehow... I'm still researchin... no negative comments on this post please! |
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| 02 Dec 2010 08:59 PM |
| I like firefox. I mostly understood this but why would other browsers work with Roblxo is Tridend was removed from IE? How would removing Trident affect the other browsers (Firefox, Google Chrom, etc..)? |
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chris5287
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| 02 Dec 2010 09:05 PM |
| Well Cool, Mazemakers just gave details into those paragraphs. Maze us right. That was dome hard work you typed Maze! |
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