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Apple store in Palo Alto has a 17" powerbook in... 4,765 Views / 70 Replies  
Apple store in Palo Alto has a 17" powerbook in the window. Wasn't there when I drove to work this morning, but it's there now. The 12" is still there as well. Store is already closed so I wasn't...
Posted by jimmyg, on Feb 7, 2003 at 01:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks
The new IE is build number 3408. The previous... 845 Views / 30 Replies  
The new IE is build number 3408. The previous "Preview Release" had the wrong build number in it. Basically, if you see "5502" in your IE about box you are still using the old version.

Jimmy...
Posted by jimmyg, on May 23, 2001 at 09:36 PM, in macOS
The new version of Internet Explorer also... 1,259 Views / 67 Replies  
The new version of Internet Explorer also installs updated QuickTime and Flash/Shockwave plug-ins. These newer plug-ins will not work with the older version of Internet Explorer.

If you had moved...
Posted by jimmyg, on May 23, 2001 at 05:53 PM, in Applications
Java support is much better in IE, but you'll... 572 Views / 8 Replies  
Java support is much better in IE, but you'll need to wait for Apple to release updated Java code for OS X before it's really useable. Java embedding support in Mac OS X 10.0.3 is not ready yet, but...
Posted by jimmyg, on May 23, 2001 at 01:03 PM, in Applications
Make sure that neither Entourage or IE are... 559 Views / 39 Replies  
Make sure that neither Entourage or IE are running. Then delete the following folder:
System Folder: Extensions: ActiveX

Also delete the following file:
System Folder: Extensions: Microsoft...
Posted by jimmyg, on Sep 25, 2000 at 12:54 AM, in Applications
That site has some pretty bad HTML...uses a lot... 536 Views / 3 Replies  
That site has some pretty bad HTML...uses a lot of JavaScript to generate the page on the fly.

Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on May 12, 2000 at 03:19 AM, in Applications
The most common cause of crashes in IE 5 is... 477 Views / 6 Replies  
The most common cause of crashes in IE 5 is software conflicts. Try running IE with only Apple extensions and control panels and see if your stability improves. Then, add back your third-party...
Posted by jimmyg, on May 12, 2000 at 03:08 AM, in Applications
Run the MacOS 8.6 installer and choose to install... 620 Views / 5 Replies  
Run the MacOS 8.6 installer and choose to install the Multilingual Internet Access option. This will install the correct fonts and text encodings to support Japanese web sites.

Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 29, 2000 at 03:42 AM, in Applications
If you shift-select or drag-select multiple items... 572 Views / 5 Replies  
If you shift-select or drag-select multiple items in the Internet Scrapbook, the delete button will activate allowing you to delete multiple items really easily.

The selection model in the...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 28, 2000 at 12:06 PM, in Applications
If you shift-select or drag-select multiple items... 572 Views / 5 Replies  
If you shift-select or drag-select multiple items in the Internet Scrapbook, the delete button will activate allowing you to delete multiple items really easily.

The selection model in the...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 28, 2000 at 12:02 PM, in Applications
I understand your frustration. We test hundreds... 676 Views / 17 Replies  
I understand your frustration. We test hundreds of different System configurations before we ship any product, and the same was true of MacIE 5. The problems people are seeing are mostly related to...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 09:17 PM, in Applications
The ESPN.com web team is going to fix the issue... 385 Views / 3 Replies  
The ESPN.com web team is going to fix the issue this week...they are sending the wrong CSS style sheet to MacIE 5.

Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 05:09 PM, in Applications
Try updating to MacOS 9.0.4 when it becomes... 482 Views / 2 Replies  
Try updating to MacOS 9.0.4 when it becomes available this week. That might help your problems.

Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 05:07 PM, in Applications
Not only will IE 5 find the newest version of the... 469 Views / 6 Replies  
Not only will IE 5 find the newest version of the QT plugin on your hard drive, but it will also load plug-ins that are in:

System Folder -> Internet Plugins

This folder is created if you...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 05:02 PM, in Applications
ESPN is aware of the problem (they send all Mac... 445 Views / 1 Replies  
ESPN is aware of the problem (they send all Mac browser bigger text to make up for the difference in rendering resolutions). They should have a fix for their JavaScript and CSS this week (they are...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 04:59 PM, in Applications
I assume some of you were using betas of IE 5... 732 Views / 25 Replies  
I assume some of you were using betas of IE 5 before installing the final version, right? If so, you can expect to have some problems upgrading to the final unless you do the following before...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 11:32 AM, in Applications
A good way to check if a site has bad HTML is to... 533 Views / 14 Replies  
A good way to check if a site has bad HTML is to run it through a validator:
http://validator.w3.org

It's time web authors cleaned up their HTML to be standards compliant. That way they can be...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 11:28 AM, in Applications
Grow the window to the size you want, quit IE 5,... 581 Views / 6 Replies  
Grow the window to the size you want, quit IE 5, and then relaunch. The larger window size will be remembered.

Also bear in mind that IE 5 tries to be intelligent when the Control Strip is...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 11:18 AM, in Applications
Not two months, we're hoping no more than two... 449 Views / 2 Replies  
Not two months, we're hoping no more than two weeks. Japanese should already be available.

Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 27, 2000 at 11:08 AM, in Applications
So that you can import it into AppleWorks, or... 530 Views / 9 Replies  
So that you can import it into AppleWorks, or Word, or give it to a PC user, etc. Text clippings were cool, but not really useful for web content...especially large text selections. The file now...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 26, 2000 at 10:15 PM, in Applications
You probably have a corrupted Internet... 397 Views / 1 Replies  
You probably have a corrupted Internet Preferences file. Try moving this file to your Desktop and restarting:

System Folder -> Preferences -> Internet Preferences

If that works, you will have...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 26, 2000 at 10:14 PM, in Applications
The carbon version of MacIE 5 is not ready yet. ... 507 Views / 3 Replies  
The carbon version of MacIE 5 is not ready yet. It will ship with MacOS X this summer. You will have to use IE 5 as a classic app until the MacOS X beta ships...it will include a beta of the carbon...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 26, 2000 at 10:12 PM, in Applications
Run your HTML through the HTML 4.0 validator at: ... 774 Views / 24 Replies  
Run your HTML through the HTML 4.0 validator at:
http://validator.w3.org

If it validates, we will render it correctly. Don't expect MacIE 5 to be as tolerant of bad HTML....just like MacOS X...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 26, 2000 at 09:50 PM, in Applications
The Media Toolbar is not in MacIE 5. There are... 452 Views / 6 Replies  
The Media Toolbar is not in MacIE 5. There are some administrative/legal issues we need to resolve before the feature can be shipped. It's technically in good shape.

Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 26, 2000 at 09:44 PM, in Applications
WinIE 5 also identifies itself that way (and it's... 449 Views / 2 Replies  
WinIE 5 also identifies itself that way (and it's quite a popular browser). Since web authors have delt with that issue already, they can employ the same methods with this release.

Jimmy
MacIE...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 26, 2000 at 09:39 PM, in Applications
The good folks at ESPN (being good Mac users they... 476 Views / 7 Replies  
The good folks at ESPN (being good Mac users they are), will adjust their CSS on their main page to make the page look correct on Mac browsers probably on Monday or Tuesday.

I guess they didn't...
Posted by jimmyg, on Mar 26, 2000 at 09:33 PM, in Applications
If you use pirated beta software that is missing... 637 Views / 9 Replies  
If you use pirated beta software that is missing important components, don't expect it to work correctly. I never understood the fascination people have with getting there hands on buggy pre-release...
Posted by jimmyg, on Jan 21, 2000 at 04:56 AM, in Applications
Delete your Internet Preferences file (System... 3,536 Views / 6 Replies  
Delete your Internet Preferences file (System Folder -> Preferences).

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Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on Jan 21, 2000 at 04:50 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
The IE 4.51 update will allow you to continue to... 583 Views / 10 Replies  
The IE 4.51 update will allow you to continue to use IE on secure sites after Dec 31st, 1999. If you do not apply the patch, IE 4.5 will sometimes give you an error message when accessing secure...
Posted by jimmyg, on Dec 27, 1999 at 03:36 PM, in Applications
No, everything we do is NOT part of some... 815 Views / 8 Replies  
No, everything we do is NOT part of some conspiracy. Yes, IE 4.5 does have some issues with certian plug-ins, but we are well aware of them and have been working hard with both Macromedia and Adobe...
Posted by jimmyg, on Dec 13, 1999 at 10:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Delete your Internet Preferences file (System... 719 Views / 12 Replies  
Delete your Internet Preferences file (System Folder -> Preferences). This should do the trick.


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Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on Nov 9, 1999 at 05:07 AM, in Applications
OE 4.5 did NOT keep track of this information. ... 419 Views / 1 Replies  
OE 4.5 did NOT keep track of this information. That's why this happens.

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Jimmy
MacIE Team
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 23, 1999 at 04:01 PM, in Applications
Copy the Proofing Tools forder from your... 455 Views / 2 Replies  
Copy the Proofing Tools forder from your Microsoft Office 98 folder into your Outlook Express 5 folder (copy, not move). Launch OE and make sure the Spelling tab is now working in the Preferences. ...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 22, 1999 at 04:36 PM, in Applications
You're welcome. -Jimmy 462 Views / 2 Replies  
You're welcome.

-Jimmy
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 22, 1999 at 04:33 PM, in Applications
Microsoft's Macintosh internet products share... 1,125 Views / 27 Replies  
Microsoft's Macintosh internet products share some common code. MacOE 5 shipped with some new libraries that were updated as part of our IE 5 development. Some of the changes made for MacIE 5 might...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 21, 1999 at 10:00 PM, in Applications
We didn't "remove" any features technically since... 920 Views / 12 Replies  
We didn't "remove" any features technically since this app was a MAJOR re-write and many of the features that it has in common with OE 4.5 were manually added back in. Moving to a single database...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 21, 1999 at 08:08 PM, in Applications
Please don't tell me Mom that I've become an "MS... 920 Views / 12 Replies  
Please don't tell me Mom that I've become an "MS drone" cause she's already mad that I don't call her enough. I guess that's what happens when a crazy Mac user starts getting paid to play with Macs...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 21, 1999 at 07:32 PM, in Applications
Hey, that's me! Please note from my signature... 996 Views / 11 Replies  
Hey, that's me! Please note from my signature that I work on Internet Explorer and besides having used OE for many months and having one of the Program Managers for MacOE as my roommate, I don't...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 21, 1999 at 07:03 PM, in Applications
Bloat-ware, that's a first! ;-) Really,... 721 Views / 8 Replies  
Bloat-ware, that's a first! ;-)

Really, that's not a fair assessment of this product. We have put in TONS of new features for both power users and novice users. The basic fact is that our...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 21, 1999 at 06:46 PM, in Applications
You are mistaken. I'm running MacOE 5 now... 581 Views / 1 Replies  
You are mistaken. I'm running MacOE 5 now looking at PICT images attached to a message. They are being displayed in-line in the preview window. In fact, we send all of these file types to QT for...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 21, 1999 at 06:35 PM, in Applications
Oops! That shouldn't have happened. The... 796 Views / 4 Replies  
Oops! That shouldn't have happened. The "Browser Display" preference panel will let you change it back. I'll have the IE team check that....wouldn't want that to happen to all people who upgrade...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 21, 1999 at 12:56 AM, in Applications
MacOE 5 takes full advantage of Apple's... 731 Views / 5 Replies  
MacOE 5 takes full advantage of Apple's Appearence Manager, in fact, it requires it. In terms of what the definition of "mac-like" UI is, where would you categorize Sherlock, QuickTime 4.x, iMovie,...
Posted by jimmyg, on Oct 20, 1999 at 10:54 PM, in Applications
 
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