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Plugin Patent to Mean Changes in IE?

Posted by michael on from the speakeasy-has-spent-two-weeks-without-placing-my-order dept.

hexene writes "The W3C have issued an initial statement on the recent court case of Eolas v. Microsoft in regards to US Patent 5,838,906. The patent relates to the embedding of objects in hypermedia documents, and Microsoft has indicated they will have to make changes to Internet Explorer as a result of the ruling. There may also be far-reaching effects to both other web browser vendors and page authors. Check out the public mailing list to discuss the various issues." See the previous Eolas story for background.

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  1. This might be a good thing by Dog+and+Pony · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this means the end of overdesigned, shiny and glittery flash sites, and sites that demand IE because they want to use Active X objects etc, then I'm all for it.

    I'm not hostile to new technology and all that, but these technologies are so frequently abused so anything that will lessen it will be a good thing.

  2. Re:That stinks. by BetterThanCaesar · · Score: 4, Funny
    .WAR

    What is it good for?

    Absolutely nothing!

    --
    "Stop failing the Turing test!" -- Dilbert