Comments on: Internet Explorer, ActiveX, Macromedia Captivate and Flash http://www.breakitdownblog.com/internet-explorer-activex-macromedia-captivate-and-flash/ A technical, gaming and current-events news site Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dan C http://www.breakitdownblog.com/internet-explorer-activex-macromedia-captivate-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Dan C Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:48:56 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2006/11/06/internet-explorer-activex-macromedia-captivate-and-flash/#comment-378 The information bar should only be appearing when you view the web page locally, aka in the local zone. When the page is hosted on the internet, visitors to the page will not have the same "problem". The "clicking on a flash control to enable it" is a product of a lawsuit against MS from a company that claims it patented web controls automatically running without user intervention. To get around this claim, MS now forces users to click on the control to activate it. The information bar should only be appearing when you view the web page locally, aka in the local zone. When the page is hosted on the internet, visitors to the page will not have the same “problem”.

The “clicking on a flash control to enable it” is a product of a lawsuit against MS from a company that claims it patented web controls automatically running without user intervention. To get around this claim, MS now forces users to click on the control to activate it.

]]> By: Laurence Hartje http://www.breakitdownblog.com/internet-explorer-activex-macromedia-captivate-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Laurence Hartje Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:10:49 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2006/11/06/internet-explorer-activex-macromedia-captivate-and-flash/#comment-366 This is a side product of the IE security enhancements in XP SP 2 (and Win2k3 Server). See http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/aebcfc94-25d5-4f41-93cc-7fb6e031de401033.mspx?mfr=true This is a side product of the IE security enhancements in XP SP 2 (and Win2k3 Server). See http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/aebcfc94-25d5-4f41-93cc-7fb6e031de401033.mspx?mfr=true

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