Re: warning, IE is STILL broken in latest hotfix MS04-004 / KB832894

From: Brian A. (gonefishn_at_faraway.com)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:24:19 -0600

 Every thing works properly on both my 98SE and XP Pro machines after updating.
MSHTML version on both are 6.0.2800.1400 

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Brian A.
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"nusrat" <nusrat@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:34ac39a5.0402021551.cda06b5@posting.google.com...
> It's pretty well known that scrolling is broken in the version of
> mshtml.dll
> which shipped as part of MS03-048 / KB824145 in November:
> 
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8519074~mode=flat~days=9999
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22ms03-048%22+OR+kb824145+OR+q824145+OR+
> 824145+mshtml+scroll+OR+scrolls+OR+scrolling+OR+scrolled
> 
> Like a lot of people, I circumvented the problem by backing off to the
> prior version of mshtml, waiting to see if the next release of mshtml
> would be fixed.
> 
> The good news:
> the latest fix seems to fix the scrolling problem.
> 
> The bad news:
> the latest fix is broken in new ways.
> Example:
> Because of vision problems, my IE settings are set to 
> General => Colors => background=grey, don't use Windows colors,
> and 
> General => Accessibility => Ignore colors specified on web pages.
> 
> After the latest fix (MS04-004 / KB832894), these settings are
> ignored.
> I confirmed this by uninstalling and re-installing the fix several
> times,
> and this bug is consistent and reproducible.
> The bug disappears when I revert to the pre-November mshtml.

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