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Passing along the good news that the 'click to activate' behavior has been removed from Internet Explorer:

So this should make it into XPSP3 right right later when it's released??

Yes, all versions of IE on all versions of Windows no longer have the Click to Activate behavior.  XPSP3 as well.

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[RANT]And that was forced upon "everybody in the world",because in USA they have software patents...

(everybody except users of other browsers!)

:-( )[/RANT]

If it's been removed - and that seems to be seen as a good thing - plus that was also the default behaviour, so what was the reason it was added in the first place?  And the reason it was added, are those reasons still valid?

This is one of the worst licensing agreements Microsoft has ever entered into. Microsoft, Adobe, Mozilla, Sun, & Google should have found a way to encourage the w3c & IEEE to create a new tag to avoid this.

I do hope an alternative can be found.

* goes off and patents the word "AND" *

Ce message, qui apparaissait parfois sous Internet Explorer, est voué aux oubliettes depuis la mise à jour de ce mois-ci.

Having problems installing 9.0, goes thru process but does not install. Rebooted after install but still does not function. Went to Adobe site and support but to no avail.

Any work arounds to install or is this a flaw in IE7?

phil: it was there for legal reasons.  A company got an absurdly broad patent for which there was a significant prior art.  unfortunately, it held up in court.

@svasutin: a new tag wouldn't have resolved the patent problem.

Interesting that no one has sued firefox yet.

Having problems installing 9.0, goes thru process but does not install. Rebooted after install but still does not function. Went to Adobe site and support but to no avail.

Any work arounds to install or is this a flaw in IE7?

Eindelijk zijn we verlost van de "Click to activate this control" onzin in IE! In de IE7 update van april is deze melding verwijderd! Mooi zo!Meer informatie op een Microsoft Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/04/08/ie-automatic-compon

Great move! This has been one of the reason that withholds me from using Internet Explorer! I'd better check it out now!

Does this solve issues with Flash activation as well? I hope so.

As video becomes easier to produce, more and more people are creating and sharing videso online. Whether you are a professor demonstrating your research, a student working on a film project, or me creating how-to instructions, you've realized that there