Comments on: FlashHelp Tech Tip: Removing IE's "Click to activate and use this control" Message http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/05/flashhelp-tech-tip-removing-ies-click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-message/ Technical Communication and Other Writing Topics, by Ben Minson Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ben http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/05/flashhelp-tech-tip-removing-ies-click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-message/#comment-103 Ben Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:25:17 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=53#comment-103 I just ran some FlashHelp outputs on Friday, and I viewed them in IE 6 because we still have a number of users with that browser. The left pane didn't get the activate message, so it looks like Microsoft did fix things there. So much for being helpful! :) I just ran some FlashHelp outputs on Friday, and I viewed them in IE 6 because we still have a number of users with that browser. The left pane didn’t get the activate message, so it looks like Microsoft did fix things there. So much for being helpful! :)

]]> By: Ben http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/05/flashhelp-tech-tip-removing-ies-click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-message/#comment-102 Ben Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:52:15 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=53#comment-102 Thanks, Rick. <a href="http://juice10.com/blog/articles/2007/12/13/ie-removes-object-embed-activation-click" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">This post</a> I found today indicates that IE would be updated this past April. I expect, however, that this is specific to version 7, so if your user research tells you that you have a number of users still using IE 6, you may still want to implement this fix until those users move to IE 7. Thanks, Rick.

This post I found today indicates that IE would be updated this past April. I expect, however, that this is specific to version 7, so if your user research tells you that you have a number of users still using IE 6, you may still want to implement this fix until those users move to IE 7.

]]> By: Rick Stone http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2008/05/flashhelp-tech-tip-removing-ies-click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-message/#comment-101 Rick Stone Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:18:48 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=53#comment-101 Hi Ben As I understand it, Microsoft was allowed to recently revert the behavior back to what it was before the wonderful "Click to activate" was installed. So workarounds should no longer be needed for this. Cheers... Rick :) Hi Ben

As I understand it, Microsoft was allowed to recently revert the behavior back to what it was before the wonderful “Click to activate” was installed. So workarounds should no longer be needed for this.

Cheers… Rick :)

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