01 March 2006
IE6 Update - Kick in the Teeth for Flash?
Published on March 1st, 2006 @ 02:59:43 am, using 167 words, 3981 views
Another essential security update to Microsoft's Internet Explorer is being distributed in the next series of system updates. This snippet explains it pretty well:
When a web page uses the APPLET, EMBED, or OBJECT elements to load an ActiveX control, the control's user interface is blocked until the user activates it....If a page uses these elements to load multiple controls, each interactive control must be individually activated.
So now you don't see anything until you click the big ugly block?Edit: It appears you do see the Flash movie, you just cannot interact with it through the mouse or keyboard. A user on FlashGroup.net states that it is possible to add the Flash content via the DOM to circumvent this.
This also affects the following Active X controls:
Adobe Reader
Apple QuickTime Player
Macromedia Flash
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Real Networks RealPlayer
Sun Java Virtual Machine
You can read more here, and here. I thought this was an old story but never made it? Thoughts?
