Re: Microsoft Faces Angry IE Users' Questions

["Eric Paynter" <eric () arcticbears com>]

On Sat, July 10, 2004 7:00 pm, Nick FitzGerald said:
> You need look no further back than the
> kerfuffle a couple of months ago over the removal of IE's patently
> incorrect support for "user:pwd@" userid data in http URIs for an
> example, but there are many other, earlier examples.

I'm a little confused by what you mean here. The "user:pwd@" prefix is a
part of the URI standard documented in the RFC. As far as I can tell, the
patently incorrect part is that they removed it and thus made the browser
(even more) lacking in standards support. It's a simple example of how MS
solves problems:

1. Fix the feature that is vulnerable
2. Disable the feature that is vulnerable

Lately, they just disable the feature. At this rate, pretty soon, Windows
won't do much.

-Eric

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