Well, how come I do not have any Hebrew language on my version of
the web page. It is all in English. The character set given in the
source is: charset=windows-1252. Maybe Netscape is cleverer than I
thought.
Looks like a wealth of knowledge and worth bookmarking.
Orf Bartrop
Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> This is an Israeli site (.il), thus the Hebrew language.
> I never download the language support files, but found that the Hebrew
> pages display in Hebrew characters. Apparently, XP handles this
> differently than '98.
> You're not being re-directed. The install on demand feature is enabled,
> and the character encoding is shown as Western 1252 (English) when I
> open the page.
> If you "View source" (just right-click the page) and look at the top
> entries (Just after "Head") what is the "charset"?
> Windows-1255 is Hebrew.
>
>
>
> Venkat Viswanathan wrote:
>
>> Hugh Vandervoort's post (CLIPPED)
>>
>> <<< Check out the other tweaks here>>>>
>>
>> <<<<Hello Hugh,
>>
>> Wanted to try that link below, and it doesn't seem to work. Could
>> there be a
>> typo?
>>
>> Thanks for you help,
>>
>> Kathleen LaValley >>>>>
>>
>> <<< The link works fine for me. Try keying it in on your browser.
>>
>> Peter>>>>
>>
>> When I clicked on the link I got a " install on demand (IE)" window
>> stating that I need Hebrew text support uniscribe to view the page
>> correctly and whether I want to download and install this. when I said
>> "yes" I got the "verisign authenticity" window requesting for my
>> confirmation.when I okayed it the download and install of the hebrew
>> text support got done and now when I clicked the link I got a blank
>> window with " done" at the bottom but on "refresh" the page opened fine.
>>
>> on a side note I had to similarly install " simplified chinese
>> language" support to view "mydrivers" web site.
>>
>> now both hebrew/chinese language support is showing up in my
>> "add/remove programs"
>>
>> my o/s win 98 se and IE version6 with all the latest updates but all
>> default values.
>>
>> I have a feeling that there is some sort of a redirection to the
>> nearest mirror site? or server? depending on ones geographical
>> location (only a guess)
>>
>> thought it will be of interest to the list hence this post
>>
>> good day--- Venkat
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