"new" version of IE in XP Service Pack 2

[Vicki Falkland]

a recent edition of WindowsSecrets.com newsletter talks of a microsoft
article titled "How to Make Your Web Site Work with Windows XP Service Pack
2". the article has been moved and renamed now to "Fine-Tune Your Web Site
for Windows XP Service Pack 2"
[http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html
/xpsp2web.asp]

the newsletter says:
"SP2 will include a new version of Internet Explorer" that will "block
ActiveX controls, downloadable add-ins, pop-up windows, and other features
commonly used in many Web sites. If you or your company maintain a site,
you owe it to yourself to check Microsoft's list of changes and adjust your
technology accordingly."

some folks might be interested.

one thing made me smile in regard to blocking popups: "Internet Explorer
will attempt to block any window opened automatically from script, with the
exception of createPopup()" ...
eh?? that's almost an oxymoron, or just perverse?

apologies if i'm behind the times with old news and you have already been
there, done that, got the t-shirt etc.

vicki.