Posted by Toby Inkster on 07/25/06 07:13

Gary wrote:

> hebrew, hindi & gujerati characters that do not display properly on Mac's
> using IE 5.2.3.

IE 5.2.3 is both ancient and unsupported -- both Microsoft and Apple
recommend against its use:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ie/
| It is recommended that Macintosh users migrate to more recent
| web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301018
| Microsoft Internet Explorer doesn't come with Mac OS X 10.4
| Tiger.
| For your Internet surfing needs, we include Safari.

> I didn't have a chance to try secondary browsers on the Mac.

Yes you did -- you tried IE.

> In other enquiries I've posted, I've had answers and opinions that point to
> a large number of possible variables, from fonts installed on visitor's
> computer systems, browser font support on users systems, to <lang> tags,
> proper css, proper char coding with &#xxx; , and on and on.

My crystal ball is being fitted with a new velvet padded base this week,
so you'll have to post the URL for me.

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

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