David, I could be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure you are not clear. I had a look at your site and you use the embed code inside an object. Thus when people begin to update their IE explorer browsers with the latest patches, etc. they will likely encounter an active-x button in need of confirmation.
On Apr 15, 2006, at 5:46 PM, David Howell wrote: > I'm using Enric's sweet plugin for my embeded videos. > > No errors. No warnings. No worries. > > By the way, this upcoming issue was discussed at length about a > month ago. > > David > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Basically, if you used an <embed> object, you will need to convert to >> javascript. :( >> >> >> On Apr 15, 2006, at 4:34 PM, andrew michael baron wrote: >> >>> I just got a terribly unfortunate e-mail about a new patch that IE >>> is using to avoid paying royalties to Active-X. >>> >>> This probably effects almost all videobloggers and may require an >>> update to all of our websites to keep people from being stopped by >>> a warning sign. >>> >>> I put up the screenshot I was sent right here: >>> http://www.rocketboom.com/images/rocketboom_ie.jpg >>> .::. >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> >>>> Date: April 15, 2006 4:17:38 PM EDT >>>> To: hello at rocketboom.com >>>> Subject: why you now have an error on all your pages .::. ActiveX >>>> loophole information from a web developer >>>> >>>> RocketBoom, >>>> >>>> Well, it finally hapenned over the weekend, and the long awaited >>>> Eolas >>>> technology patent caught up to Microsoft. Instead of paying Eolas >>>> for >>>> using their multimedia patent, Microsoft decided to put up a >>>> warning >>>> everytime ActiveX is used. Microsoft put out a lot of patches over >>>> the weekend, and one of them blocks activeX content as a default. >>>> >>>> The reason this becomes important is that your homepage now has >>>> a big >>>> warning dialog box everytime my Internet Explorer for Windows >>>> browser >>>> comes on. I sent you a screen capture from my browser the last >>>> time I >>>> tried to get on. It says "Click to run activeX" control on this >>>> webpage. Every time. Like even if I click onto another page and >>>> then >>>> click back. I don't know about you, but my logs show roughly 90 >>>> % of >>>> my users on Windows using Internet Explorer. You might get a few >>>> e-mails about this. >>>> >>>> Microsoft, being the richest and most powerful company on earth, >>>> opted >>>> to not pay patent royalty rights for a company which legitimately >>>> filled out the paperwork to get patents. Their resulting error >>>> message pushes this responsibility onto the content creators. >>>> So now >>>> developers have to find creative ways to get around this. Luckily >>>> for >>>> your web developer, he or she has to deal. >>>> >>>> The currently loopholed accepted way of doing this is writing >>>> javascript code to bypass the patent. It does not actually do >>>> anything differently. You simply use a dynamic write statement >>>> instead of writing the code directly. Apple wrote up a page for >>>> these >>>> types of scripts. Please note, the last paragraph on the link >>>> below >>>> is their caveat; if someone has javaScript turned off on their >>>> browsers, they will bypass your content entirely. So you probably >>>> have to list a warning somewhere. Default behavior if you don't do >>>> anything to all your documents is an extra click to get around >>>> warnings everytime someone visits your page. >>>> >>>> http://developer.apple.com/internet/ieembedprep.html >>>> >>>> This is something which must be fixed in all your documents. For >>>> your >>>> few hundred html documtents, I would suggest Macromedia's >>>> dreamWeaver >>>> product. There is a very good Multiple Find and Replace Feature", >>>> and >>>> you need to apply it to All Documents within this directory, not >>>> the >>>> default 'just this document'. I like their product because it >>>> handles >>>> multiple searches fairly quickly. I have had a few hundred >>>> thousand >>>> documents to convert, and it was fairly snappy. I'm not related to >>>> any Adobe or Macromedia product, I just use them a lot because they >>>> work. >>>> >>>> Keep up the rocketBooming. >>>> >>>> Milan >>>> Web Master >>>> <rocketBoom.jpg> >>> >> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
