MACROMEDIA ACTIVE CONTENT DEVELOPER CENTER

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 2003 @ 12:03 AM

Changes to Internet Explorer have already been announced by Microsoft earlier today, in response to the issue regarding Eolas patent covering the use of plugins. To support their developers, Macromedia has put together the Active Content Developer Center, featuring content targeted to smooth the transition and prepare developers for the upcoming version of Microsoft's browser, due early next year.

Although a tool kit (the Active Content Update Utilities, currently in a private beta) is being prepared to help developer automate the update of their websites to meet the requirements of Internet Explorer (SP1b). Basically, visitors will be prompted for confirmation each a time active content is about to be executed. Manual workarounds to prepare websites for browser changes are already featured in the Center.

Websites that already use dynamic content to detect the Flash plugin and display appropriate content might be not affected. For those using simple
//1<\/div> tags can either learn to manually prepare their documents, or wait until Macromedia releases the Active Content Update Utilities.

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B.

OCTOBER 7 2003 @ 12:26 AM

> To support their developers
to support their *customers* or *users*

> featuring content targeted to smooth the transition
featuring *quick and dirty hacks*

I wonder about the cross browser compatibility of all those hacks...

LAMER

OCTOBER 7 2003 @ 04:12 AM

stupid american software patents. why don't your protest against it? I would suggest making two different versions of IE - one for US and one for the rest of the world...