Posted by Eric Gorr on 04/07/05 06:08

Richard Lynch wrote:
>
> On Wed, April 6, 2005 9:14 am, Eric Gorr said:
>
>>>"Duncan Hill" <dhill+php@cricalix.net> wrote in message
>>>news:200504061633.44950.dhill+php@cricalix.net...
>>>
>>>>IE dropped support (or severely neutered it) for username:password in
>>>>URLs a while back.
>>
>>If anyone is interested, I found this document which appears to provide
>>more details...
>>
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834489
>
>
> Is it just me, or is this a case of MS breaking a protocol because their
> stupid interface was hiding information it shouldn't have hidden in the
> first place?

Well, regardless, I'll just use it as yet another reason to never bother
with IE again for at least my personal use.

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