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March 24, 2006
Full IE/Eolas Apr 11?
Full IE/Eolas Apr 11? Robert McMillan of IDG News Service has an article which entered wide commercial syndication today. He says that Microsoft expects to mainline their "click to activate content" change to Internet Explorer in their April 11 version of Windows Update, although the exact timing is still subject to change. Full info on user experience and hassle-minimization is at the Active Content Developer Center. I've been seeing the issue continue to appear on mailing lists, from people who just learned of the change and are shocked... I'm figuring we'll get newbies on it for another few months. Fortunately, most of the people who have already worked through the browser change find that they can get the results they wish. It's apparently most alarming when you first hear the news, less alarming after you examine it more.
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Posted by John Dowdell at March 24, 2006 01:14 PM
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n00bz or not, it still sucks.
Posted by: JesterXL at March 24, 2006 01:55 PM
When I downloaded IE7, I finally experienced the new behavior. Your average user will be utterly confused the first time they visit a Flash site that requires interaction. Here's hoping enough designers figure out how to do the workarounds.
Posted by: Josh Tynjala at March 24, 2006 03:45 PM
>>>>>Fortunately, most of the people who have already worked through the browser change find that they can get the results they wish. It's apparently most alarming when you first hear the news, less alarming after you examine it more.
I'm still surprised that the IE/Eolas decision has had to filter down to a less-than-optimal end user IE experience.
Posted by: John Waller at March 26, 2006 03:41 PM