Impact on Flash After Microsoft Modifies IE Amid Patent Suit

I've been surprised that I haven't seen more discussion on this issue:

"When using an applet, object, or embed tag to insert a plugin into an
HTML document, that plugin will not allow user interaction until the
user clicks on it. Microsoft calls this process "Activating an ActiveX
Control's Interface."

"Microsoft will incorporate the new version of Internet Explorer into
all new copies of Windows and also into the next version of the browser,
IE 7, which will be available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and as
part of Windows Vista. Existing users may also get the new code as part
of future security updates, Wallent said."

http://www.webstandards.org/buzz/archive/2005_12.html

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+tweaks+browser+to+avoid+liability/2100-1012_3-5980658.html

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1895907,00.asp

http://www.mozilla.org/press/eolas.html

http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/

Microsoft does provide a solution to the changes. It definitely seems
like they lean toward working around the issue with JavaScript (or
jscript in their example).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/activating_activex.asp

Maybe it's time to make the switch to FlashObject?

http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/