Uh-oh...
http://www.baekdal.com/articles/Technology/microsoft-ie-activex-update/
As some might remember, in 2004 Microsoft lost a lawsuit to Eolas Technologies concerning a patent for "Distributed hypermedia method for automatically invoking external application providing interaction and display of embedded objects within a hypermedia document" In short, Eolas holds the patent for how things like flash and quicktime/mediaplayer movies are added to a website - in any browser. Two days ago Microsoft released a preview of the ActiveX update for MSDN subscribers. This update is a workaround - or so Microsoft claim - to the patent, but it also means a very different approach to adding embedded content in Internet Explorer. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ My advice is to either change your site now (if you use embedded content), or to get ready to do it. Microsoft has announced that this will be a forced update - similar to a critical security patches. This change is coming whether we like it or not.
As some might remember, in 2004 Microsoft lost a lawsuit to Eolas Technologies concerning a patent for "Distributed hypermedia method for automatically invoking external application providing interaction and display of embedded objects within a hypermedia document"
In short, Eolas holds the patent for how things like flash and quicktime/mediaplayer movies are added to a website - in any browser.
Two days ago Microsoft released a preview of the ActiveX update for MSDN subscribers. This update is a workaround - or so Microsoft claim - to the patent, but it also means a very different approach to adding embedded content in Internet Explorer.
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My advice is to either change your site now (if you use embedded content), or to get ready to do it.
Microsoft has announced that this will be a forced update - similar to a critical security patches. This change is coming whether we like it or not.
Read it...learn it...live it...
Hehe, I thought you were gonna be posting about something else... (just the mention of "webdev folks") 😃
piersk wrote:Hehe, I thought you were gonna be posting about something else... (just the mention of "webdev folks") 😃
I'm leaving this one up to you...but I think when the time is more right? 😉
Yeah, definately a "hold off for a bit" situation.
How many people do you think we've confused by talking in code?
At least one 😕
two 🙂
/me rubs his hands gleefully...
Oh, we're not going through all that again...?
Always
Go through what?
Ok, now you guys can't open a can of worms like that and just leave us all hanging here! What gives?
Don't blame this one on me! 😉
I only tugged on the lid...
Your fingerprint is there... 😛
are you sure it's his? it could have been planted.
rbblue8 wrote:are you sure it's his? it could have been planted.
All it takes is a gummy bear.
Since when has legality stopped M$?
mmm... gummy bears.....
