4.3.06

Microsoft issues 'Eolas' update

Everyone at the studio is panicking. Microsoft issued a patch for IE6 a couple of days ago which affects how Flash is interacted with. Basically you not have to 'activate' a Flash section of a site in order to interact with it. This is very bad news for Flash banners, of which we do a lot. The patch was issued after Microsoft lost a legal battle with a one man firm called Eolas which has a patent on how media is viewed on a browser.
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