Get ready for the next version of Internet Explorer

Found on the Web Standards Project web site: Preparing Websites with Active Content for Upcoming Changes to Internet Explorer for Windows.

It’s related to this Microsoft Developer Network article “Changes to the Default Handling of ActiveX Controls by Internet Explorer.”

Now why did Microsoft have to change? Well, they infringed on a patent licensed by Eolas Technologies and owned by the University of California.

Tom Gilder provides an overview of what these new Internet Explorer changes mean in practice.