XP SP2, IE and Javascript

[ChrisBowd]

Well, I just love the new yellow strip across the top of the IE browsing window that appears after the SP2 update. I especially love its "bong" sound every time it loads a page with Javascript on it.

The only JS I have on my [ages is the Google AdSense which IE6 on SP2 now blocks by default!

The question is this "How many users out there are so scared by security scares yet so technology unaware that they will not disable the "scripts disabled by default"?.

Of course the other issue is how much Google's ad revenue is going to be hit once SP2 widespread deployment occurs and by default Google's ads are turned off?

[Easywebdev]

I cannot believe that Microsoft chose to disable javascript by default. They would have been better off fixing the vulnerabilities in IE that can be exploited through javascript.
To "switch off" on of the most widely used technologies on the net is just crass. What will they do when they get enough complaints about homepage hijacking through css and java applets? Turn those off by default too?

There will be a high percentage of IE users who will not touch the default settings and wonder why the internet "is broken" with a lot of navigation systems rendered defunct.

Looks like we all have some work to do in recoding navigation systems.