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Originally Posted by Chicken
Is this the update that now pops up a message saying "Click to run an ActiveX control on this page"??? - if so, I have to ask.. what is the f***ing point???
You have NO idea which ActiveX is about to be run, you can't use the browser's back button as the message is modal and stopping you, and - best of all, clicking the Close Window button on the dialog --- wait for it - ALLOWS THE ACTIVEX CONTROL TO RUN ANYWAY!! 
What a complete and utter waste of time. |
No, it doesn't sound like it. You should only be seeing a tooltip when you mouse over the ActiveX control telling you to click to activate it. Take a look at
this Flash animation on the Macromedia.com site (also see
Macromedia article).
Microsoft haven't done this because they want to. There was a patent dispute between them and Eolas Technologies. Microsoft lost and this is the consequence. Websites can implement work arounds should they choose to, it's not that complicated but will take some time.
Ben