Posted by Neredbojias on 09/13/05 22:09

With neither quill nor qualm, The Eclectic Electric quothed:

> "Neredbojias" <neredbojias@neredbojias.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d90790a6f5925a4989831@news.intergate.com...
> > With neither quill nor qualm, The Eclectic Electric quothed:
> >
> >> Apparently something in my web page causes IE6 to think that I'm about to
> >> launch an all out attack on the client's PC. I thought it might be the
> >> embedded sound, but I've visited another site with embedded sound and
> >> that
> >> didn't flash the warning. Obviously I'm NOT trying to do anything
> >> malicious!!! But it would be nice if the warning wasn't triggered. Any
> >> ideas? (I'm basically cutting and pasting so don't in all honesty know
> >> what
> >> I'm doing - the page is a VERY draft 'proof of concept'.)
> >>
> >> http://freespace.virgin.net/phil.houghton/test1c.html
> >
> > I didn't get any warnings or alerts, -ie6,xp.
>
> How weird!
>
> >
> > As a guess, maybe the "active content" setting in newer versions is a
> > problem. And, if that *is* it, just ignore it. I say this because if
> > the user wants to be so-alerted, that's his choice.
>
> I agree to an extent, but the sort of people accessing this site will often
> be naive users and they'd be put off if I.E. suggested the site might do
> something nasty to their PC. In fact, I'd be put off too. But neither of
> you found it gave the warning anyway, so I guess it's all clear for now.

Nix, not so weird. It didn't give me a warning because I unchecked the
option the second day I had my new xp-ed computer. Realize also that I
would not have received a warning on my old millenium computer with
ostensibly the same browser version.

Your concerns are valid but so is the response I made. The "flaw" here
is once again an ill-advised Microsoft decision.

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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