DON'T UPGRADE TO IE7 UNTIL YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT!!!

I don't usually post my gripes here, but, once again, Microsoft has proven how monumentally arrogant and stupid they are....

For a little while, my (legal) XP OS has been cajoling me to 'upgrade' to IE7. Since I had already done this on my laptop and wanted at least one machine with IE6, I kept telling it 'NO'. Well, two days ago, in spite of my denials, it somehow upgraded me anyway?!? (And it doesn't even know it, since Windows Update is STILL asking me to upgrade!!!!).

When visiting one of my web pages, a member noticed that the Link Protection feature was no longer working. We spent a few hours checking our code before we finally discovered that Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom decided to disable the 'window.status' javascript function (along with a few others) in IE7. This feature was used EXTENSIVELY throughout our sites to protect our own and our affiliates links from prying eyes. Although there IS still a work-around for this new vulnerability, it will be some time (and a lot of re-coding) before we can fully implement it.

Who knows what else the mighty Microsoft has decided to mess with...

Unfortunately for both you and ourselves, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is still by far the most prevalent web browser and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. Therefore, we have no choice but to grin and bear it.