Makes me want an Apple soooooo bad! Jenni
--- Erik Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I read an article that Bill Gates said that his companies > approach for > browser technology was geared to corporations and not a > hand full on > independent web developers. > > A kick in the teeth to millions of users of his products > and people like us. > Oh well, he always was and always will be the master of > stealing > intellectual property. > > Erik > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pace Computing Limited > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Recomendation needed > > > Thanks Bob! > > You may have saved me a couple of hours in the near > future > of trying to figure out what the heck is going on with my > Flash!!! > > Too bad ole Bill just can't get it through his thick > skull > that he will never OWN the Internet! > > Jenni > > > > --- Bob Laurence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to Kevin Yank from site point for pointing this > > out. > > > > Eolas Technologies Inc. is the company that first > > invented and now owns the > > rights to external programs running seamlessly within a > > Web browser. Never > > heard of them? Don't feel bad -- neither had I until > > their recent legal > > action against Microsoft. But way back in 1994 they > > demonstrated the > > technology with a modified version of the NCSA Mosaic > 2.4 > > browser and > > patented the technology so that big companies like > > Microsoft couldn't take > > it away from them. In 1995, they released their own > > browser called > > WebRouser, which demonstrated the technology. > > > > As the owners of the technology, they are entitled to > > require licensing fees > > of any company that wants to implement their own > version > > of the technology > > in their products. The recent legal battle was to > > determine if Microsoft > > should have paid those fees, or if (as it claims) it > > developed the plug-in > > technology on their own before Eolas filed for the > > patent. > > > > Well, Microsoft lost the case. But rather than pay the > > licensing fees on the > > technology, it has decided to modify Internet Explorer > so > > that it no longer > > infringes on the patent. Unfortunately, these changes > > mean that every > > plug-in on a page (i.e. Flash movies, Java applets, PDF > > documents, etc.) > > will require the user to click click on a message box > > like this one as the > > page is loading. > > > > Press OK to continue loading the content of this page. > > > > ----- > > OK > > ----- > > > > Pretty annoying, huh? Microsoft has published complete > > details of the > > changes it will make in upcoming service packs to > > Internet Explorer, along > > with a pre-release version of Internet Explorer with > the > > changes in place. > > These new documents explain a number of different ways > to > > modify pages that > > use plug-ins so that the Eolas patent does not apply, > and > > the prompt is not > > displayed. > > The simplest method is to write the tag(s) that load > the > > plug-in dynamically > > from an external JavaScript file. So say you have the > > following code in your > > page: > > > > <object data="movie.swf" width="640" > > height="480" > > type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> > > <param > > name="movie" value="movie.swf" /> > > </object> > > To avoid the message box prompt as the page is loading, > > you need to replace > > this code with a reference to an external JavaScript > > file: > > <script type="text/javascript" > > src="movie.js"> > > </script> > > Inside that movie.js file, you need to write the > plug-in > > tags dynamically: > > document.write('<object data="movie.swf" '); > > document.write(' width="640" height="480" '); > > document.write( > > ' type="application/x-shockwave-flash">'); > > document.write( > > ' <param name="movie" value="movie.swf" > > />'); > > document.write('</object>'); > > > > Pretty straightforward, but really annoying if you use > a > > lot of plug-ins on > > your site, or if you use server-side code to generate > > your plug-in tags > > dynamically. > > Things would certainly be simpler for we developers if > > Microsoft simply paid > > for the license for the plug-in technology, but it has > > repeatedly denied > > that Eolas' claim to the technology is valid, and that > > even if it were it's > > asking far too much for the license. > > Of course, Internet Explorer isn't the only browser > that > > supports seamless > > loading of plug-ins. In an interview, Eolas founder > > Michael Doyle has stated > > that they will continue to offer free licenses for > > non-commercial > > implementations of the technology (which presumably > > includes the Mozilla > > Project). > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dave Navarro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 5:51 PM > > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Recomendation needed > > > > > > > At 10/15/2003, you wrote: > > > >why in the world would you specify java as a > > requirement? > > > >just curious > > > > > > Because it needs to work in any browser. Does Opera > > support JavaScript? > > > > > > --Dave > > > > > > > > > ____ . 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