Mac Forum / Applications / Internet Explorer / November 2003

Subject: Which Web Content Prefs ?
From: Will Simmons
Organization: None
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:43:55 -0500
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.explorer

(Repeated in view of no responses)

Running Internet Explorer 5.1.6 under OS 9.2.2 on a Power Mac beige G3 with
352 MB Built-in memory. Many web pages cannot be read because of strange
font and color combinations, e. g., apparent black print on a blue
background; orange on a red background; light yellow type on white
background.

Is this affected by my choice of Web Content preferences ? I can sometimes
make pages readable by switching to preferences and reversing my choices.
If I've checked "allow page to specify fonts, " I uncheck it. If I've
chosen "Allow page to specify colors," I uncheck that. But my new choices
are not always successful and most unreadable pages stay that way.

Anyone know the story here ? Do folks really create pages with green
printing on a chartreuse background, or is it my browser ? Is there a "best
Web Content preferences" setting that will work for a majority of pages ?
Or is it just willy-nilly, devil-take-the-hindmost and fugeddaboudit ?

TIA for any advice or ideas.

-- Will --