Comments on: Microsoft licenses patent from Eolas http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/ A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/comment-page-1/#comment-89730 tiffany Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:00:16 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/#comment-89730 The problem is that M$ also considers Flash and Quicktime 'ActiveX' objects. If the developer didn't use JavaScript to write the movie to the browser window, you would have to click twice in order to, say, stop an auto start movie from playing. Still, I'm quite happy to see that they've ponied up the cash to get rid of this issue. The problem is that M$ also considers Flash and Quicktime ‘ActiveX’ objects. If the developer didn’t use JavaScript to write the movie to the browser window, you would have to click twice in order to, say, stop an auto start movie from playing.

Still, I’m quite happy to see that they’ve ponied up the cash to get rid of this issue.

]]> By: tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/comment-page-1/#comment-93071 tiffany Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:00:00 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/#comment-93071 The problem is that M$ also considers Flash and Quicktime 'ActiveX' objects. If the developer didn't use JavaScript to write the movie to the browser window, you would have to click twice in order to, say, stop an auto start movie from playing. Still, I'm quite happy to see that they've ponied up the cash to get rid of this issue. The problem is that M$ also considers Flash and Quicktime ‘ActiveX’ objects. If the developer didn’t use JavaScript to write the movie to the browser window, you would have to click twice in order to, say, stop an auto start movie from playing.

Still, I’m quite happy to see that they’ve ponied up the cash to get rid of this issue.

]]> By: AG http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/comment-page-1/#comment-89717 AG Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:52:39 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/#comment-89717 Heh, I would love to see ActiveX wither and <a href="http://bkaeg.org/blog/archives/000688.html" rel="nofollow">die</a>. It will never become a standard and is generally despised by end-users and developers alike. I never liked the idea of a web app taking over arbritrary resources on my box. Heh, I would love to see ActiveX wither and die. It will never become a standard and is generally despised by end-users and developers alike. I never liked the idea of a web app taking over arbritrary resources on my box.

]]> By: AG http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/comment-page-1/#comment-93070 AG Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:52:00 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/12/11/microsoft-licenses-patent-from-eolas/#comment-93070 Heh, I would love to see ActiveX wither and <a href="http://bkaeg.org/blog/archives/000688.html" rel="nofollow">die</a>. It will never become a standard and is generally despised by end-users and developers alike. I never liked the idea of a web app taking over arbritrary resources on my box. Heh, I would love to see ActiveX wither and die. It will never become a standard and is generally despised by end-users and developers alike. I never liked the idea of a web app taking over arbritrary resources on my box.

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