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Eolas has forced Microsoft to release an new version of Internet Explorer that causes an alert box to appear whenever a plug-in loads on a page. To get around it, Microsoft is suggesting developers add a proprietary attribute to object or write the entire object to the page using JavaScript.
Although I can’t download the demo update to test this idea, I’m wondering whether it would be easier to just add the proprietary attribute to the element via the DOM? Something like:
var nObjs = document.getElementsByTagName("object");
for(x=0;nObjs.length>x;x++){ nObjs[x].setAttribute("NOEXTERNALDATA","true"); }
Can anyone comment?
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Bill Mason:
Besides, if you add the attribute to an OBJECT that does access external data, when IE sees the attribute it will refuse to use the external data. So one couldn't just add it globally to all OBJECT tags.
Oct. 7 2003 at 11:55 PM EDT
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ppk:
Oct. 8 2003 at 5:43 AM EDT
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MikeyC:
Something along the lines of Mozilla's "Flash Click to View" plugin: http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/flashblock.xpi would make more sense because it's completely user initiated. If you want to load an embedded piece of flash you've gotta click on it.
Oct. 8 2003 at 8:21 PM EDT
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Craig Saila:
Oct. 9 2003 at 3:57 PM EDT
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