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I've thinking about it these days. And an idea came to me. Well, microsoft decides to disable applets in IE by default. This means that many users who don't know how to reenable applets (and don' even know that the technical term "applet" exists) will lose access to some content they have used before.
What if an user saw the following title instead of the applet (s)he used to see before: "DID YOU LOSE ACCESS TO YOUR FAVORITE WEB APP AFTER UBGRADING TO WIN XP ?", followed by links to some explanations what has happenned, and maybe some VBS, that reenables applets (I have never polluted my mind with VBS, but I'm pretty sure one could change the settings of IE using it, and IT WILL DEFINITELY BE ENABLED by default) ?
The explanations should be written by public relations-experts, not programmers, and should not come too deep into technical stuff (although there could be links to technical explanations).
SO, MY IDEA IS:
- Using the JCP we should develop a small site that explains to the users what has happenned and what should be done in order to recover. One could also put there links to Java Plugin, JRE, Java Web Start, HotJava, etc ...
- We should get as many applet developers as possible to put a link to our site in their web pages - when applets are disabled, a frame with our site should be opened instead. This could be done using an automated search of geocities, yahoo and the like and posting emails ...
There are many people who would be hurt by this microsoft action, so I think many people would support us if we ask.
I have many other ideas too, but I want to hear other opinions too.
And I hope that SUN will give us their backing. Any SUN people around ? Tell me what you think !

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