********************************************************************** Release Notes for Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin April 2007 ********************************************************************** Welcome to the release

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Windows Media Player content that is linked to with an <A HREF> tag with a target attribute, will be played in a new tab within the browser. 3. VT_DATE Variant returns a string instead of a Date object --------------------------------------------------

4. The Status bar is always displayed regardless of the ShowStatusBar value --------------------------------------------------