heirloom
Fri Mar 18 16:30:41 CST 2005
Good info, Jack........thanks.
Heirloom, old and stuck on UTF
"Jack E Martinelli" <jemartin_DELETE@NO_SPAM_gis.net> wrote in message
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> Interesting little twitch, heirloom, about which I've never before
thought!
>
> I note that if I launch IE to a blank page and inspect View/Encoding, it
> shows the Unicode choice greyed-out, but viewing a real page shows an
option
> selected, eg. www.boston.com reveals Western European [ISO], while
>
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1&spid=6519 reports Unicode
> [UTF-8].
> This suggests that the web page author/s is defining the encoding, which
> your client IE is simply reporting.
>
> I bet Alan Edwards knows all about this ... or some web author guru, like
> Jim Eshelman or Kelly Theriot.
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> "heirloom" <heirloom@nospamatall.com> wrote in message
> news:utIkBr3KFHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Well, seems as if I have some choices......I still haven't found out
what
> > difference it makes. When I switched to the Greek setting, the print
just
> > got smaller...didn't see any Greek. Guess I will just leave it on the
> > Unicode [UTF-8] for now...all seems to be well. I'll do more searching
on
> > the subject.....odd that none of my manuals makes reference to the
> > settings....and I have those big fat expensive suckers.
> > Heirloom, old and don't have a Plain Old
> English
> > setting
> >
> >
> > "Shane" <arthursixpence@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:39v1q9F65ctajU1@individual.net...
> > > I've got Western European Windows.
> > >
> > >
> > > Shane
> > >
> > >
> > > "heirloom" <heirloom@nospamatall.com> wrote in message
> > > news:%23kKTa31KFHA.3184@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > Internet Explorer, View, Encoding>
> > > > What should be the proper choice here? My slide out menu is
currently
> > set
> > > > on Unicode [UTF-8], with Western European (Windows) and Western
> European
> > > > (ISO) showing just above it.
> > > >
> > > > This was not an issue until I tried to duplicate Eileen's Greek
> problem
> > > with
> > > > Adaware and now I am not sure how it was previously set or the
> > > consequences
> > > > thereof. All seems to be working just fine.
> > > >
> > > > I tried to find info on this in my books and through Google/Groups
to
> no
> > > > avail. I did notice that Unicode seemed to be related to Linux/Unix
> > based
> > > > systems...not much else. Am I OK here, or does it really make a
> > > difference?
> > > > Heirloom, old and feeling really dumb
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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