Someone caved in

Clodfobble · 11-09-2007, 04:37 PM

You know that irritating "Click to activate this control" crap that happens in Internet Explorer? Yes yes, Firefox is eight hundred milllion times superior, blah blah blah... Remember how it didn't always used to be there?

Basically it happened because a company, Eolas, was granted a patent on, in layman's terms, the ability to load something directly without the user having to click on it like that. They then sued Microsoft and said they owed Eolas licensing fees. Microsoft said, "Screw you. Just watch us make millions of people click their screens instead."

Well it's a closely guarded secret who finally caved--either Microsoft agreed to pay, or Eolas agreed to accept a much lower licensing fee--but soon the irritating "feature" will be rolled back to its previous no-click functionality.

Flint · 11-09-2007, 08:56 PM

Thank Gawd. I won't even mind re-writing the dumbass documentation for my web apps.

Undertoad · 11-09-2007, 10:15 PM

Keep rewriting. "Will be rolled back in April 2008."

lumberjim · 11-09-2007, 10:25 PM

this is what it sounds like......when geeks cry. [/prince]

11-09-2007, 04:37 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Someone caved in You know that irritating "Click to activate this control" crap that happens in Internet Explorer? Yes yes, Firefox is eight hundred milllion times superior, blah blah blah... Remember how it didn't always used to be there? Basically it happened because a company, Eolas, was granted a patent on, in layman's terms, the ability to load something directly without the user having to click on it like that. They then sued Microsoft and said they owed Eolas licensing fees. Microsoft said, "Screw you. Just watch us make millions of people click their screens instead." Well it's a closely guarded secret who finally caved--either Microsoft agreed to pay, or Eolas agreed to accept a much lower licensing fee--but soon the irritating "feature" will be rolled back to its previous no-click functionality.

11-09-2007, 08:56 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Thank Gawd. I won't even mind re-writing the dumbass documentation for my web apps. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-09-2007, 10:25 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this is what it sounds like......when geeks cry. [/prince] __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-09-2007, 10:15 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Keep rewriting. "Will be rolled back in April 2008."

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