Internet explorer question

me | 10/17/02

[knak]

When I try to look at a foreign news website, I get this box that says download either uniscribe of arabic text display. What will it do if I download those?

[Sir Gawain]

Jihad.

[dighton]

Arab text bad mans, best drop bomb before downloading.

[knak]

LOL, I was wondering if it just posts the arabic or whatever language in their proper alphabet or does it put their language in english?

[HAL9000]

See this - What is Unicode?

[Ford Fairlane]

If it's from microsoft, it will load the arabic fonts into your internet explorer - if you can't read arabic don't bother

[Sir Gawain]

Just displays the characters correctly.

[Pokey78]

It's part of a vast Islamic plot:

[SpottedBeaver]

Well, it will just download some fonts to dispay the page.

But, if it is Arabic, it will just crash your hard drive into someone else's computer.....

[Vidalia]

Look Deeeeeeep Into My Eyes...

[Texas_Jarhead]

naa, I wouldn't bother. you will still get to see the web page and if there some english on itt then you can read it. THat said, it doesn't hurt to allow the langauge aadd-on to be installed.

[Tomalak]

If you add the Google toolbar to your Internet Explorer, you get a special button to translate any page into English. You can get it from http://toolbar.google.com/.

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[knak]

thanks, I always wondered about that

[knak]

thanks everybody

[garyhope]

The Google toolbar is a good thing. Google is a good thing. I like Google. Goobers are good too.

[seeker41]

Thanks for that info. I like it, I like it alot. I had been using the Comet Toolbar thingy, not anymore.

[KneelBeforeZod]

[Mike Darancette]

Carnivore will get you.

[seeker41]

Carnivore will get you.

If they want to get you they will no matter what you do or do not do.

[timestax]

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