Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, versions 5.5 SP2 and 6.0
(soon to be released) no longer support Netscape-style plug-ins, such
as the plug-in installed as part of QuickTime 5.0.2 and earlier
versions. Consequently, Windows customers using these versions of
Explorer may be unable to view QuickTime content in the browser.
To mitigate this problem, you should install the new ActiveX control
for QuickTime.
BACKGROUND INFO:
QuickTime uses a plug-in
mechanism to display movies from your Web page in the user's browser.
For this mechanism to work, the
user must have the QuickTime plug-in installed on his or her system.
If the appropriate QuickTime plug-in is not installed, when a webpage
with QuickTime content is loaded into the user's browser, the movie is
not visible. Instead, the browser replaces it with a "broken plug-in
icon" and attempts to assist the user in obtaining the required
software.
Until recently, the plug-in
installed as part of QuickTime worked for both Netscape browsers and
Microsoft Internet Explorer on both Windows and Mac OS. Now Windows
users who try to play a QuickTime movie in Internet Explorer version
5.5 SP2 or later will encounter the "broken plug-in icon" until they
install the new QuickTime ActiveX control from Apple in addition to
the QuickTime plug-in. Users of other browsers on either Windows or
Mac OS are unaffected--they can continue to use the plug-in installed
with QuickTime and do not need to get the new QuickTime ActiveX
control.
Once users have the new ActiveX control installed, they are also
unaffected; they can also view existing pages.
