I found this piece of information very interesting: ...Reacting to news that the next cumulative IE security update will require an extra mouse-click to interact with certain embedded multimedia content, Eolas Chief Operating Officer Mark Swords called on the software maker to purchase a patent license instead of worsening the browsing experience...
...Swords also moved swiftly to correct an erroneous public impression that the IE modifications were the result of a court order. "There is no court order forcing Microsoft to do anything. Anything that is being done is of Microsoft's own choosing," he said... Quoting from http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1944867,00.asp M. On 4/19/06, Chad Mefferd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This article shed's a little more light on the reality of Microsoft's > browser changes. > > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/31/1840255 > > -Chad > > On Apr 19, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Dave Watts wrote: > > > It's not a security feature, it's a condition of Microsoft's > > settlement with > > Eolas over a patent violation, and it negatively affects any > > interactive use > > of ActiveX controls, not just Flash. > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
