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- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1943847,00.asp
March 28, 2006
"Microsoft is moving full steam ahead with a plan to permanently modify the way Internet Explorer renders multimedia content on Web pages, but in what amounts to an admission that the changes could be disruptive, the software maker plans to give Web developers an extra 60 days to continue making preparations. The IE update, which results from a multimillion-dollar patent spat with Eolas Technologies, changes the way the browser handles ActiveX controls and could have a significant impact on how online advertising and streaming media content is delivered over the Internet. According to information reaching eWEEK, Microsoft announced the plans for a one-time 60-day extension during a conference call with industry partners on March 28 wherein Redmond officials reiterated the need for Web pages to be completely re-authored to avoid possible disruptions… At this stage it's optional, but when it becomes a "security" patch, the source argued that millions of people will not understand what is happening when multimedia content loads in a different way. Some widely deployed programs that use ActiveX controls within the browser include Adobe Reader and Flash, Apple's QuickTime Player, Microsoft's Windows Media Player, RealNetworks' RealPlayer and Sun's JVM (Java Virtual Machine). A white paper* detailing the ActiveX changes has been published on the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network)."
Activating ActiveX Controls
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/wo…ing_activex.asp
- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1943847,00.asp
March 28, 2006
"Microsoft is moving full steam ahead with a plan to permanently modify the way Internet Explorer renders multimedia content on Web pages, but in what amounts to an admission that the changes could be disruptive, the software maker plans to give Web developers an extra 60 days to continue making preparations. The IE update, which results from a multimillion-dollar patent spat with Eolas Technologies, changes the way the browser handles ActiveX controls and could have a significant impact on how online advertising and streaming media content is delivered over the Internet. According to information reaching eWEEK, Microsoft announced the plans for a one-time 60-day extension during a conference call with industry partners on March 28 wherein Redmond officials reiterated the need for Web pages to be completely re-authored to avoid possible disruptions… At this stage it's optional, but when it becomes a "security" patch, the source argued that millions of people will not understand what is happening when multimedia content loads in a different way. Some widely deployed programs that use ActiveX controls within the browser include Adobe Reader and Flash, Apple's QuickTime Player, Microsoft's Windows Media Player, RealNetworks' RealPlayer and Sun's JVM (Java Virtual Machine). A white paper* detailing the ActiveX changes has been published on the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network)."
Activating ActiveX Controls
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/wo…ing_activex.asp
