gears initialization causes exception in firebug

[bill]

In hostenv_browser.js the check for Gears causes an exception every time we run firebug:

try{ // IE?
    factory = new ActiveXObject("Gears.Factory");
}catch(exp){

Can you change the logic so it only executes that line for IE?

[James Burke]

Taking this bug since it is causing errors for my xdomain testing. Doesn't seem to be fatal, but it causes me some confusion seeing it in firebug, and I'm not trusting that it is non-fatal.

[James Burke]

(In [9107]) Fixes #3340: Gets rid of an odd activexobject error sometimes showing up in firefox firebug.

[James Burke]

(In [9108]) Fixes #3340: Second try. Previous attempt bypassed safari (thanks Bill for the catch). Gets rid of an odd activexobject error sometimes showing up in firefox firebug.