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no DISTRactivex...
« on: June 14, 2002, 06:19:43 AM »		 Reply with quote
Quotethe YaBBSE developers saw fit to include an activex script on the new version of the message board. This activex script apparently loads MSN Messenger just like a similar script on the hotmail.com web site. This activex script forces a surfer to make a decision. Either enable activex or put up with a massively annoying warning popup stating that activex is disabled on every single page of my forums. Microsoft, in an effort to force users to enable activex, hard coded that irritating popup into Windows, so there is no way to avoid it short of giving in.

Thank you no.  Keep your DISTRactivex to yourselves.
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Re:no DISTRactivex...
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2002, 11:22:50 AM »		 Reply with quote
So take it out, it's in the template and in the Subs.php file in a function called MSN.
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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2002, 03:31:43 PM »		 Reply with quote
To save everyone from digging through the 1200+ lines of code, the function in question starts on line 1179 and in the template it's <yabb msn> inside the Head area.

Question. Did it never occur to anyone that A.) it is very annoying to have an application load on its own and B.) that people would have to put up with either an unwanted app loading or a very annoying prompt depending on browser settings?

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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2002, 04:51:57 PM »		 Reply with quote
Well yeah and it's very easy to remove so it was added.
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« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2002, 04:38:38 PM »		 Reply with quote
Blame Shoeb Omar, not Jeff ;)
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« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2002, 06:55:32 PM »		 Reply with quote
Quote from: Jedi~ on June 15, 2002, 04:38:38 PMBlame Shoeb Omar, not Jeff ;)
Not at all - Jeff and I had final say - we could have removed it.  The blame is all ours ;)
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« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2002, 10:46:26 PM »		 Reply with quote
Yes...I admit, I added it in  ;D
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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2002, 12:11:05 AM »		 Reply with quote
I still blame Omario :P ;)
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« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2002, 07:02:36 PM »		 Reply with quote
YSE2 should give the admin to turn this off in the settings area
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« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2002, 07:06:21 PM »		 Reply with quote
YSE2 shouldn't allow MSN ;)
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« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2002, 07:19:57 PM »		 Reply with quote
much agreed.. actually anyone running on a win os, connected with MSN, has a hotmail acct, or has any affiliation with M$ should not be allowed to view YSE2 ;)

(guess I am SOL)
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« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2002, 10:42:12 AM »		 Reply with quote
:'( Jedi wants to blame me

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I, personally,would make it an admin option with deafult of off in YSE 2 - like one of the thing in the installed mods and settings panel :).
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« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2002, 04:47:23 PM »		 Reply with quote
Of course, did you expect any less from me? ;) :P

Anyways, I use MSN... but with Trillian :)
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