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I got this info (issue) from an application called 'IE fix' - by a company called rnsoft - their site explains all if you want to know more.
[msdn.microsoft.com...]
and
[developer.apple.com...]
...cheers!
...will there be any changes to the rendering engine?
Microsoft would make this bitter pill a lot easier to swallow if they would make some other changes, too - especially a CSS engine upgrade, such as support for min-width and max-width and other sins of omission and comission.
I having been dreading the long wait for Longhorn (2006?) to see any improvement in IE. If MS would fix up the nastiest problems with IE right now, that would make me a much happier developer.
animated gifs
I missed that piece -- where are they mentioned? I didn't know gif animation used ActiveX controls.
[edited by: tedster at 5:30 pm (utc) on Oct. 22, 2003]
I agree Tedster that they need to upgrade some issues with IE. Tabbed browsing, CSS, and some of the other neat features from the other competitors would help IE.
No, this is not IE 7. It is still the same IE 6, except that it no longer uses "automatic" plugins.
And yes, all copies of XP will be recalled. If you buy XP in the future it will come bundled with the new version of IE 6.
For workarounds, consult this page:
[msdn.microsoft.com...]
I'm not saying they won't. I'm just not betting they will.
I don't think either the site owners or the web agencies are willing to pay respectively do the work for free. But OTOH, I don't think there is any way to make M$ responsible and have them pay.
I get the feeling that M$ would have saved lots of people lots of work and worries had they just paid Eolas for their patent.
Except to recommend that they change browsers.
The reason that this is being implemented affects all browser makers, not just IE/M$. So a change isn't the answer... (from what I understand!)
especially a CSS engine upgrade, such as support for min-width and max-width and other sins of omission and comission.
If they added min-width and max-width life would be so much easier. Not holding my breath.
-panic
PS I'm holding onto my Windows 2000 disc for dear life!
MS ought to at least make this "flash warning" a security setting that can be defaulted to "off" like javascript and cookies.
I rarely use flash of animated gifs when developing a site, but hardly see why this move would be worth the effort.
I feel for those who depend on flash advertising for revenue.
Now we'll just have to wait and see what flash development program MS will roll-out to compete with Macromedia. :)
Whatever it is, I bet it'll load in their browsers with no warnings. :P
Why does it seem that every company or organization out there is trying feverishly uninvent everything that's become a standard?
Because Michael Doyle (Eolas) wants a big bag of money.
Whatever it is, I bet it'll load in their browsers with no warnings.
Well, since embedded windows media produces the warning, I doubt it. Although, you were probably half joking.
Why don't we all pick up a pen and write to this government of ours about how silly and unintelligent they are.
It's a US patent, and I doubt it was filed in Norway. Opera is safe :)
The solution developed by Microsoft has two main parts:
First, Microsoft will make minor changes to Internet Explorer's handling of some Web pages that use ActiveX® Controls, such as Macromedia Flash, Apple QuickTime, RealNetworks RealOne, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Sun Java Virtual Machine and Microsoft Windows Media® Player...Second, Microsoft and other industry partners are working to provide documentation for Web developers that describe how to author Web pages so the dialog box would not be necessary.
Press Release [microsoft.com]
I note that animated gif's (and png's) are not mentioned - I think we may be safe there.
It's not something that Redmond dreamed up all on their own just to bother the public...
This time at least ;)
To date, Eolas is not selling licenses.
I get the feeling that M$ would have saved lots of people lots of work and worries had they just paid Eolas for their patent.
This lawsuit was filed back in 1999. There are expectations Eolas may go after the rest of the gorillas next including Opera: [news.com.com...] . Yes, this sucks for a lot of people, but it wasn't right for the big gorillas to just take a little guy's patent and make billions off of it. I know some here are mad but if you were put in the same position as him, wouldn't you do the same thing? I would.
but it wasn't right for the big gorillas to just take a little guy's patent and make billions off of it
I agree - and the guy at Eolas should pay up to all the prior art holders before him - one prior art instance was thrown out at the last case by a capricious judge - others have come to the surface in the meantime - his patent is false...
his patent is false...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Doyle the patent, and he has the right to enforce it. In early Feb 1999, less than three months after it was final, Eolas filed this lawsuit. It's not his fault everyone in the world got very use to this technology while his case went slowly thru the court system for 4.5 years. It's not his fault that Microsoft refuses to get a license but instead wants to punish everyone with these stupid alert boxes. It's not his fault that others who may have done prior work didn't dispute his claim. Right or wrong, he got the patent legimately thru the regular process which is probably why the judge did not allow such arguments to be heard. He doesn't owe prior art holders a dime.
