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+ + + diff --git a/announcements/menu.inc b/announcements/menu.inc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..882b5a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/announcements/menu.inc @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +appendLink("konqueror.org Launch", "sitelaunch.php"); +$this->appendLink("Reaktivate Released", "reaktivate.php"); +?> diff --git a/announcements/reaktivate.php b/announcements/reaktivate.php new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cfcb89d --- /dev/null +++ b/announcements/reaktivate.php @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ + + +DATELINE JULY 9, 2001
+FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
+Konqueror Embraces ActiveX, Plays Shockwave Movies
+July 9, 2001 (The INTERNET). +Nikolas Zimmermann and +Malte Starostik today announced +the availability of reaktivate for +Konqueror, KDE's web browser. +Reaktivate enables Konqueror to embed +ActiveX cont= rols, +such as the popular +Shockwave +movies, for which no native Linux/Unix solution exists. Reaktivate relies +on the +WINE libraries to load and run +ActiveX controls. +
++With this addition, Konqueror now enables KDE users to take optimal advant= age +of sophisticated websites that make use of Microsoft Internet Explorer plu= gins, +Netscape Communicator +plugins for Lin= ux and Java applets, +as well as KDE plugins designed using KDE's +KPart= s +technology. +
++According to Malte, the reason he and Nikolas implemented reaktivate +is rather simple: it broadens the spectrum of web sites accessible +to Konqueror, and it was possible. +
+Theoretically, +Reaktivate can eventually be used to embed any ActiveX control into Konque= ror. +Currently, however, not all ActiveX controls are compatible with reaktivat= e. +In particular, the Micros= oft +Windows Media Player cannot be installed using reaktivate (though it i= s not known if a player which is already installed will work with +reaktivate). Thus it is likely there exist other ActiveX controls which +will not yet work with reaktivate. +Work is ongoing to increase compatability with other ActiveX controls, +including the +Apple QuickTime plugin. +
++So far, however, reaktivate has been successfully tested with the +following ActiveX controls: +
+| Control | Status | +Test-URL | Screenshots | +
|---|---|---|---|
| Macromedia +Shockwave Flash 5 | +No known problems. | +Click here | +[1], [2], [3], [4], and [5] | +
| +Macromedia +Shockwave Player 8 | +Some files require the use of a native msvcrt.dll instead of the + one provided by winelib. The post-installation dialog is function= al + but hard to decipher due to drawing problems. Some movies do not + display properly (only black stripes and rects are shown) | +Click here | +[1] | +
| LivePics | +Clicking the "info" button in the toolbar has no result, everythi= ng + else works fine. | +Click here | +[1] and [2] | +
+Install ActiveX controls only from sites that you +trust. +Microsoft's ActiveX technology has often been criticized for weak security. +Those controls are dynamic libraries that are executed exactly like any +other piece of code installed on the user's system. This means they have +full access to the file system, the system registry etc. As a means to +establish the users' trust in the controls a web site wishes to install, +every ActiveX control is cryptographically signed and carries a certificate +issued by an authority known to the web browser (like +VeriSign). A control +that has no signature or no certificate or if they are invalid will not be +installed. +
++With reaktivate the situation is similar: the installed controls can call +every WinAPI function provided by the WINE libraries and therefore have +access to WINE's registry and all files visible to the WINE installation. +The current implementation of reaktivate will ask the user for +confirmation to install a new control, but it will not check the embedded +certificate and signature. This is due to technical reasons as well as +limited time. Therefore we strongly advise to install controls only from +sites that you trust. To save your files from malicious controls, you mig= ht +also consider using this feature only from a seperate user account that +has no access to your main user's files. Reaktivate will not run for the +root account. +
++Source code for reaktivate is freely available under a Free, Open Source +license from the +kdenonbeta +module in +KDE's CVS repository +and its mirrors. +See the KDE website for +information about how to get a module from CVS. You only need +the toplevel, admin and reaktivate directories from kdenonbeta. Before +compiling, get the latest CVS +version of WINE (a snapshot will likely not be new enough). Next, +apply all patches from reaktivate/patches-for-wine/ against the WINE +sources and build/install WINE. Finally, you can build and install +reaktivate. +
++Disclaimer: reaktivate is not in any manner sponsored or endorsed +by, affiliated with, or otherwise related to, +Microsoft Corporation. +
++Thanks to Andreas "Dre" Pour and +Navindra Umanee for assisting in +drafting this release. +
++Trademarks Notices. +KDE, K Desktop Environment and Konqueror are trademarks of KDE e.V. +Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. +Unix is a registered trademark of The Open Group. +Microsoft, ActiveX, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player +are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. +Shockwave is a trademark or registered trademark of Macromedia, Inc. in +the United States and/or other countries. +Netscape and Netscape Communicator are trademarks or registered trademarks +of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other +countries and JavaScript is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corpora= tion. +Apple and Quicktime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in +the U.S. and other countries. +All other trademarks and copyrights referred to in this announcement are t= he property +of their respective owners. +
+ + diff --git a/announcements/sitelaunch.php b/announcements/sitelaunch.php new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2dea07b --- /dev/null +++ b/announcements/sitelaunch.php @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ + + +DATELINE MAY 2, 2000
+FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
+New Website Dedicated to Users of KDE's Next-Generation +File Manager/Browser/Universal Viewer
+May 2, 2000 (New York, New York). The K= DE +Team is pleased +to announce the launch of Konqueror.o= rg, +a website devoted to Konqueror, KDE's next-generation, full-featured, +powerful, flexible, modular and Internet-transparent +file manager, +web browser and +universal document +viewer.
+ +Konqueror, which has been widely acclaimed as a technological +break-through for the Linux desktop, has a component-based architecture +which combines the features and functionality of Internet +Explorer®/Netscape Communicator® and +Windows Explorer®. Konqueror supports +all major Internet technologies, including JavaScriptTM, +Java®, HTML 4.0, CSS-2 (Cascading Style Sheets), SSL +(Secure Socket Layer for secure communications) and, in the near +future, Netscape® plugins (for viewing FlashTM, +RealAudioTM, RealVideoTM and similar technologies). +In addition, +Konqueror's network transparency offers seamless support for browsing +Linux® NFS shares, Windows® SMB shares +and FTP directories. Konqueror will ship as part of the highly +anticipated release of KDE 2.0, targeted for mid-summer 2000.
+ +Konqueror's developers created +Konqueror.org to serve as +Konqueror's official website. There +users can learn about Konqueror's many powerful features, keep abreast +of the latest Konqueror news and developments, learn how to download and i= nstall +Konqueror and submit comments and questions to Konqueror developers. +Developers can learn how they can use Konqueror to web-enable their +applications, how they can enable their applications to serve as a +Konqueror component and how they can contribute to Konqueror's +ongoing development.
+ +"While the site offers rich content already - including a number of +mouth-watering screenshots - it is a work in progress and we will certainly +continually improve it", +said Chris Lee, +webmaster and principal architect of the site. "We plan to add tutorials +and FAQs for users, include a plug-in and component directory and +supplement the developer's news and tutorials. This will be the +site to go to for official, as well as unofficial, Konqueror news and +information."
+ +"Konqueror is an extremely promising technology which is poised to +revolutionize Linux not only on the corporate and consumer desktops but +also on networked appliances and personal digital assistants", said +Andreas Pour, President +of MieTerra LLC. "With the new web site, the Konqueror developers are +again demonstrating their deep commitment to support their users, +assist third-party developers and create the world's premier browser."
+ +KDE is a collaborative project by hundreds of developers worldwide to +create a sophisticated, customizable and stable desktop environment +employing a network-transparent, intuitive user interface. Currently +development is focused on KDE 2, which will for the first time offer a +free, open source, fully-featured office suite and which promises to +make the Linux desktop as easy to use as Windows® and +the Macintosh® +while remaining loyal to open standards and empowering developers and users +with open source software. KDE is working proof of how the open source +software development model can create technologies on par with and superior +to even the most complex commercial software.
+ +For more information about KDE, please visit KDE's web site.
+ +| +Press Contacts: + | |
|---|---|
| +United States: + |
+Kurt Granroth +granroth@kde.org +(1) 480 732 1752 + |
| +Europe (French and English): + |
+David Faure +faure@kde.org +(44) 1225 471 300 + |
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