Vista 64 and Quicktime in web browsers

I like quicktime. I deliver most of my video content in quicktime. It is easy and most every computer can play a quicktime file. However, there is a serious problem. Using the web plugin under Vista 64-bit the user interface is blacked out (see picture).
http://thirdshiftmedia.com/fix%20black%20bar%20vist%20x64%20copy.jpg
As far as I know this problem has existed as long as Vista.
Why has this problem persisted for 2 years and counting. Is this ever going to get fixed? Or are they going to play it like Microsoft and just move on to Windows 7?

Yep, also suffering with the black controls for embedded QuickTime movies.
I get the distinct impression Apple don't put Windows issues high on their priority list, whether this is a veiled attempt at making people switch I don't know.
Either fix this stuff, or just stop pretending to support Windows and be done with it, you're either in it or you're not, make your mind up.
All you're going to do is make people who might have switched decide not to, because as much as Apple like to pretend they are a 'people' business, they are just as corporate as Microsoft, it's the greatest myth in computer history.

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