>> (i. e., only *local* and certain `data:` ones for `data` and
>> `usemap`) should make `object` almost as harmless as, say, `img`.
+>>> But with local data, one could not embed youtube videos, which surely
+>>> is the most obvious use case? Note that youtube embedding uses an
+>>> object element with no classid. The swf file is provided via an
+>>> enclosed param element. --[[Joey]]
+
>> (Though it certainly won't solve the [[SVG_problem|/todo/SVG]] being
>> restricted in such a way.)