More Flash technical discussion on what you can do: http://www.rewindlife.com/archives/000086.cfm
----- Original Message ----- From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Microsoft tweaks browser to avoid liability Digg.com's link has a better write up of the interaction changes: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1895907,00.asp However, the quote: "...Instead of non-stop dialog boxes, the page will load normally now and won't be as disruptive. It will only require a click to activate [the control] if the user wants to interact with it,..." Doesn't explain if Flash movie's need to have the user click on them before they can play, like FlashBlock. ----- Original Message ----- From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Microsoft tweaks browser to avoid liability Watch this space: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/ JD reported on it here: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2005/12/eolas_re-re-re-.cfm Jeffrey Zeldman has a fallout article from 2 years ago about it. This was the time when the FUD was reaching its apex: "Eolas: first fallout" http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0903c.shtml If you followed the link, through the plethora of discussions, it all falls down to controls don't work until you "click" on them. They still respond to JavaScript on the page, such as: myFlashMovie.focus(); To allow them to be immediately available, you simply use JavaScript to dynamically write the code, such as FlashObject.js. While technically this is a minute change, it has far reaching implications on existing content where the simple suggestion above doesn't work as intended, or at all. Even worse is this is Microsoft taking the initiaitive, to pretty much protect themselves now, so if things do NOT go their way, they are already technical compliant. They feel that their changes do 2 things, first, quell the uneasiness that this lawsuit has caused over the past 2 years, and second, protects the for the future. They are wrong on both accounts. The first, revives ALL the email threads, forum posts, and technical articles put out by large companies such as Real, Apple, Macromedia, etc. on how to ensure your existing and new content works with the changes. It does little to quell anything, and rather makes all of this resurface. Secondly, there is no guarentee that EOLAS won't sue on their current implementation. I couldn't find the link, but basically I think ICANN pleaded with the US government that if they didn't take action on this patent case, it would negatively affect the way the internet works. That got their attention, and slowed the case to a crawl. Anyway, Jeffrey's final comments eximplfy the FUD: "...Few of Happy Cog's commercial sites have used embedded media. We are reluctant to wake old clients from their dream that all is well, and convince them to let us recode old sites, only to discover in another few weeks that Eolas is suing again." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Cunliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 10:59 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] Microsoft tweaks browser to avoid liability Can anyone clarify please what changes will now need to be made by Flash authors ? CNET article yesterday: -- Microsoft tweaks browser to avoid liability -- Microsoft is changing the way its Web browser handles certain controls in an effort to shield itself from liability in an ongoing patent spat with a start-up backed by the University of California. >> see the full text article here: http://news.com.com/Microsoft+tweaks+browser+to+avoid+liability/2100-1012_3-5980658.html thanks _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
