Mac Forum / Applications / Internet Explorer / June 2004

I feel like a moron, but I can't figure out how to set IE
to be the default browser.  I'm developing a plug-in for
another app that needs to open a browser window to a
specific URL only supported by IE.  If Safari is

Until I upgraded to OSX and this IE 5.2.3, I was able to logon to the
internet directly from IE (e.g. by clicking on a Favourite). Not now! I now
have to connect first, then use IE. What must I do to get back to the
previous situation? Thanks.

Can anyone tell me a good place to go to get help for web
design
issues with Mac IE?  I don't see much at all here about it,
so this

I use a Mac G4 Dual processor (1.25 MHz), 1 GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.2.8)
and until last week was using MS IE 5.2.3 with no problems at all.
However, I clicked to start IE and the program just crashed (did not
load or anything).  The following error message came up in a window

I want to use Safari to run my web application, which is designed to
download some xml files by clicking weblinks. The downloaded files need
then to be opened automatically. But probelms are as follows:
1.  Safari only open those files in the browser when I click them.  

Sometimes I have .pdfs that download from sites as a
"filenamepdf.asp".  Apple System Profiler then spins trying to open it
to no avail of course.  I have looked through file helpers and can't
find one that connects to apple system profiler.  Otherwise I have to

Okay,  I'm new to this newsgroup thing,  but here is my problem,  I am
trying to open up  http://retail.microsoft.com  and everytime I try, it
pulls up the http 404 error,  the reason I'm concerned is that I work for
best buy and I want to use my points I've earned on the site to ...

I have been told by a major auction paying site in the USA that they
have a memo from Microsoft saying that it is withdrawing support for
IE5 on Mac 0S 9x....
And that this means my IE browser will slowly cease to work (as it is

I have a problem getting full features of some web sites using IE5.1
(Mac OS 8.6.3).  Could this be due to a problem running Java, and if
so, how can I correct it?

I am experiencing difficulties when receiving an attachment by email (could
be a PDF or JPEG file) from an IBM computer and my Mac converts it to a
winmail.dat file.  Has anyone else experience this problem?
I use a G4 Mac on OS9.2.2 and Outlook 5.02

Brand:  Mac OS X version 10.2.1
Memory: 512 mb
Processor: 1 GHz PowerPC G4
Internet Explorer 5.2

Hi - I read here that upping IE's memory to 40 mgs would
stop the constant error 2 messages and freezing problem.
Did that, but it's still crashing, sometimes on startup and
sometimes mid-operation, and freezing. It's crashed four

I need to uninstall IE so I can install a clean version.  Deleting the icon
is not helping me.
How do I do this?

I use eMac OSX 10.3.4 with Netscape 7.1 and Explorer 5.2.
I have been using Netscape for browsing and e-mail, but I
want to switch to Explorer.
When I go to Protocol Helper Settings>mailto, choose

I am using IE 5.23 for OSX on my Mac G5.
My problem is that explorer keeps on using old info - I guess in its
cookies.
For Example, when I go to My eBay, it displays my old user name.  If I