IE 6 FAQ (Plain Text)
Internet Explorer Team
Updated: June 12, 2000
Frequently Asked Questions
Internet Explorer 6 Public Preview - available for download at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/preview/ (the version number of the
Public Preview is 6.00.2462).
Do not download Internet Explorer 6 builds from sites other than Microsoft'
s. Not only are builds from other sites not certified for general use, but
more importantly, builds downloaded from non Microsoft sites can easily
contain Trojan horse programs, which would put your computer and your data
at risk. The only approved site for download of Internet Explorer 6 is the
Microsoft one listed above.
Platforms Supported
Internet Explorer 6 is part of Windows XP. It is also available as an
upgrade for users of Windows 98, and newer versions of Windows through
Windows ME, as well as Windows NT 4 SP 6a, and Windows 2000 users.
Internet Explorer 6 can not be installed on Windows 95. Users should go to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/ie501sp2.htm or
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/ie55sp1.htm in order to get the
latest security updates and fixes for the currently supported versions of
Internet Explorer for Windows 95.
Reporting Problems
If you run into any issues while using the Internet Explorer 6 Public
Preview, please use the Web pages at http://131.107.85.107/ie6beta/ to alert
Microsoft to these issues. This is the only way to ensure that the problem
is examined. It also enables Microsoft to contact you in case more
information is needed.
Status of the Product
This is a Beta product. As such, features and functionality are subject to
change before the final release. Specifically, the privacy and cookie
management features in the Public Preview are not complete and do not
totally represent the intended functionality of the release product from an
end user perspective.
Known Problems
Below is a list of the most serious problems reported with the Public
Preview and their current status:
Blank Subject Lines in Outlook and Outlook Express Mail
This problem is fixed through the patch available at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/preview/ie6/ie6update.asp
'+' Sign Appears on Empty Folders in Explorer view
This problem has been fixed in the version currently in development. No
workaround is available.
Unable to Print Preview after Uninstalling Internet Explorer 6, on Windows
2000 with SP 1
This problem has been fixed in the version currently in development. No
workaround is available.
Not able to right click on Web pages.
This has not been reproducible. We request that you provide more
information through the Beta report site.
Not able to uninstall.
We need more information on the versions installed previous to Internet
Explorer 6, as well as the operating system being used. We request that you
provide more information through the Beta report site. For more information
on uninstall, please read the following article
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q293/9/07.ASP.
My financial institution does not allow me access when using Internet
Explorer 6.
Traditionally financial institutions do not provide access to Beta versions
of browser. Still, it is recommended that you send mail to your institution
so that they aware that their customers are using Internet Explorer 6 and
are ready when Internet Explorer 6 is released.
A Web site that I am visiting draws incorrectly.
We have found that there are two likely causes for this problem. Either the
site is incorrectly identifying the version of the browser being used. Or
the site is incorrectly using the DocType switch. We recommend that you
contact the site and also report this through the Beta feedback site, in
case that this is a browser problem (please provide the URL).
More Information About Internet Explorer 6
General Article on Internet Explorer 6
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/essentials/whatsnew/whatsnewpublicpreview
.asp
Privacy/Cookie Handling Article
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/security/privacy/ie6privacyfeature.asp
Additional online presentations are available at
http://www.microsoft.com/winme/.
Standards and Internet Explorer 6
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/css/overview/CSSEnhancements.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/welcome/dsmsdn/dude03262001.htm
Frequent Questions and Feature Requests
What is the status of support for PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files?
PNG graphics files have been supported since Internet Explorer 4. Internet
Explorer does have a limitation in its support, in that it does not support
the feature that allows PNG to express per pixel transparency (alpha)
values. However, the current level of support in Internet Explorer versions
4 through 6 still makes PNG a good alternative to GIF or JPEG encoded
graphics files. Note that with Internet Explorer 5.5, Microsoft provided a
workaround to handle the limitation. This workaround is suggested for use
in some restricted cases, such as content developers that are creating
applications or delivering content for intranet/homogenous installations.
In these scenarios, per pixel transparency for PNG files can be achieved
through the use of CSS Filters,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/filter/reference/filters/alphaimag
eloader.asp.
I would like enhancements to the browser handling of Pop-Up browser windows.
We recommend that you read the following article
http://msdn.microsoft.com/voices/dude04232001.asp.
I would like to request support for my favorite upcoming W3C Recommendation.
Internet Explorer 6 is the most standards compliant version of Internet
Explorer, delivering full support for CSS 1 and DOM Level 1. It has a higher
level of compatibility and support for XML. Also, it supports technologies
currently in Candidate Recommendation stage, such as SMIL 2, for multimedia
synchronization and animation, as well as P3P, for privacy. Furthermore,
Internet Explorer 6 also includes support for features from other W3C
Recommendations as well (CSS2, DOM Level 2, XSSLT, and nearly complete
support for HTML 4). For more information, please read the following
article http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/welcome/dsmsdn/dude03262001.htm.
How do I disable the image toolbar from appearing on my images?
End users are able to disable this feature, if they don't find it useful,
through the Tools menu/Internet Options, Advanced tab, under Multimedia,
clearing the "Enable Image Toolbar" check box. In addition, as part of their
content, content providers have two ways to disable the toolbar:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no">
<IMG GALLERYIMG="no">
How do I disable smart tags from recognizing items on the pages I created?
As part of their content, content providers can disable smart tags
recognizers from being applied to their pages by specifying the following
meta tag: <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
More Information and Help
You can exchange information with other users of the Internet Explorer
Public Preview in the following newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6beta.browser, at the
msnews.microsoft.com server.
We also recommend that you periodically check the Internet Explorer 6 site
for updates (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/preview/), as well as the
MSDN Online Internet Explorer Developer Center
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/) for new articles.
Ludwig
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Ook
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Ludwig
that by now some of the known errors or bugs would be updated. Or am I too
impatient? I uninstalled 6.0 to get my computer to run again.
"Ook" <Ookbert@DieSpammerDie@emberts.com> wrote in message
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Tom Gilder
> Well neither seems to be progressing much! Msie 6.0 or XP. You would think
> that by now some of the known errors or bugs would be updated. Or am I too
> impatient? I uninstalled 6.0 to get my computer to run again.
Please, please PLEASE learn how to snip your posts
Out of the 243 lines you quoted, 241 of them were useless.
Mark Jones
> Well neither seems to be progressing much! Msie 6.0 or XP. You would think
> that by now some of the known errors or bugs would be updated. Or am I too
> impatient? I uninstalled 6.0 to get my computer to run again.
DirectX 8.0a, so I reinstalled MSIE 6.
Erik Arvidsson
support than any IE version (maybe IE5 for Mac is up there among the top 5).
How come that once IE became the most used browser MS decided that they
didn't need to stay up to date anymore?
I just wish the evolution of IE had continued the way it did from IE2, IE3,
IE4 to IE5... IE6 is just not that big of an upgrade and it is missing a lot
of key standards that all other mayor browsers support. Now IE is not taking
the lead, it is holding back the evolution of the web.
erik
"Internet Explorer Team" <iet...@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
Mark Jones
news:u$xbEEH9AHA.1528@tkmsftngp05...
> Opera 5, Netscape 6, Mozilla 0.9.1 and Konqueror all have better standard
> support than any IE version (maybe IE5 for Mac is up there among the top
5).
> How come that once IE became the most used browser MS decided that they
> didn't need to stay up to date anymore?
>
> I just wish the evolution of IE had continued the way it did from IE2,
IE3,
> IE4 to IE5... IE6 is just not that big of an upgrade and it is missing a
lot
> of key standards that all other mayor browsers support. Now IE is not
taking
> the lead, it is holding back the evolution of the web.
Opera 5 is good, but lacks most of the things required to put
XML to good use. Netscape 6 and Mozilla get a lot of the
basics wrong so it doesn't really matter how well they
support anything else.
Matthias Gutfeldt
>
> Internet Explorer 6
>
> Updated: June 12, 2000
>
> Frequently Asked Questions
>
> As part of their content, content providers can disable smart tags
> recognizers from being applied to their pages by specifying the following
> meta tag: <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
Is this FAQ available on the Microsoft site? I'm particularly interested
in the smart tags (disabling) feature, but all the other topics aren't
easy to research on the Microsoft site either.
Matthias
Ronnie Vernon MVP
It's right here on this newsgroup. Your message is posted in the thread that contains the plain text version of the FAQ.
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP MPS-D
No email, please reply to the group
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Ronnie Vernon MVP
Only the folks doing the beta testing know for sure and they are not allowed to talk about it. :)
--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP MPS-D
No email, please reply to the group
"Ludwig" <ral...@home.com> wrote in message news:unGdLjC9AHA.408@tkmsftngp05...
Matthias Gutfeldt
> > >
> > > How do I disable smart tags from recognizing items on the pages I created?
> > > As part of their content, content providers can disable smart tags
> > > recognizers from being applied to their pages by specifying the following
> > > meta tag: <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
> >
> > Is this FAQ available on the Microsoft site? I'm particularly interested
> > in the smart tags (disabling) feature, but all the other topics aren't
> > easy to research on the Microsoft site either.
>
> that contains the plain text version of the FAQ.
Yes, I know. I even read it. But an important feature like this opt-out
scheme should be documented on the site; otherwise nobody is going to
find it.
Matthias
Jim Ley
> Yes, I know. I even read it. But an important feature like this opt-out
> scheme should be documented on the site; otherwise nobody is going to
> find it.
It's not documented, because it is not in any released to the public
software, it may not be that, the software is still in a closed beta, I'm
sure you will have no problem finding the documentation if and when it's
possible to actually see the feature.
Jim.
Matthias Gutfeldt
>
> "Matthias Gutfeldt" <wo...@gmx.at> wrote in message
> news:3B28E952...@gmx.at...
>
> > Yes, I know. I even read it. But an important feature like this opt-out
> > scheme should be documented on the site; otherwise nobody is going to
> > find it.
>
> It's not documented, because it is not in any released to the public
> software, it may not be that, the software is still in a closed beta,
Oh, but it IS documented - in the very FAQ that made me ask the
question. It's just not officially documented on the Microsoft website.
> I'm
> sure you will have no problem finding the documentation if and when it's
> possible to actually see the feature.
Finding anything on the Microsoft website is very difficult. In fact,
your tip with searching through google (in alt.html) produced a lot more
useful results than Microsoft's own search. Thanks for that one; I know
the google syntax, it just never occurred to me to use it as a Microsoft
search replacement :-).
Matthias