Well, Kathy won't be such a happy customer anymore when she finds out that your solution doesn't work in correctly patched versions of Internet Explorer.
SUMMARY
A security update is available that removes support for handling user names and passwords in HTTP and HTTP with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or HTTPS URLs in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The following URL syntax is no longer supported in Internet Explorer or in Windows Explorer after you install the MS04-004 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (832894): http(s)://username:password@server/resource.ext
The link below points to the Knowledge Base article:
Well, Kathy won't be such a happy customer anymore when she finds out that your solution doesn't work in correctly patched versions of Internet Explorer.
SUMMARY
A security update is available that removes support for handling user names and passwords in HTTP and HTTP with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or HTTPS URLs in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The following URL syntax is no longer supported in Internet Explorer or in Windows Explorer after you install the MS04-004 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (832894): http(s)://username:password@server/resource.ext
The link below points to the Knowledge Base article:
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This patch dates back to april last year and I would have thought that every web developer knew about this by now because of the great impact it had.
Do I get a book now? Sorry Jake, just kidding...