Internet Explorer, ActiveX, Flash, Eolas, patents, sucking

What's this?

Well, embedding Flash files the old way "doesn't work" in Internet Explorer 7 (and 6 after doing the Windows Update thingy).

Above you see three red buttons. After hovering those, they will turn blue. The first button needs an "activation click" before the interaction works.

Read more about this on these sites:

• http://www.baekdal.com/articles/Technology/microsoft-ie-activex-update
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/activating_activex.asp
• http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/
• http://www.robertnyman.com/2006/04/05/flash-interaction-disabled-in-internet-explorer/
• http://parentnode.org/javascript/inline-activex-object-activation-work-around