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Msn.com updated to filter mouse click events such that right-clicking functionality is only provided by IE. Firefox user's attempt to open links in another tab find themselves SOL as a right click attempt simply behaves as a left click thereby proceeding to the Msn site in the current window. This is completely uncalled for. Just because open source is stealing IE's market share they had to go below the belt and pull an immature stunt like this. As far as I am concerned there is no legit security reason for a move like this so I am curious to hear their response when confronted. Spread the word!

Msn.com updated to filter mouse click events such that right-clicking functionality is only provided by IE. Firefox user's attempt to open links in another tab find themselves SOL as a right click attempt simply behaves as a left click thereby proceeding to the Msn site in the current window. This is completely uncalled for. Just because open source is stealing IE's market share they had to go below the belt and pull an immature stunt like this. As far as I am concerned there is no legit security reason for a move like this so I am curious to hear their response when confronted. Spread the word!

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Comments (3)

One of the comments with this story said it best:

Quoting: And, indeed, who wants to read msn anyway


Sorry lost the emoticon - go to the third comment.
So, everyone using Firefox will _avoid_ msn??? Don't they already?????

Did David Ferrie come up with this one?

I don't know about the rest of you but thinking about the idea of disabling right-clicking from Firefox, I hear Joe Pesci in JFK screaming, "We could put somethin' in his beard and make his beard fall out! He'd look ***kin' ridiculous without his beard!"

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