Firefox and ActiveX

I cannot begin to describe how frustrating it is to have a fully functional device be rendered obsolete. This is due to many factors. The manufacturer choosing a poor technology for its software interface (but otherwise having a wonderful physical implementation of the hardware). Microsoft not providing or continuing a method for maintaining backwards / legacy compatibility, etc. And after writing that sentence, I feel myself softening a bit in terms of thinking of all the Microsoft engineers as idiots for some of the decisions they make. I'm sure if I was in their shoes, I might make the same decision.

Here's what's going on in terms of Microsoft. Here it is, July 2022 and Internet Explorer's days are over. Microsoft elected to not include it within Windows 11