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  • Subject: Re: [BL] considering BL for laptop: questions
  • Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:39:33 +1200

Message from Steven
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James wrote:
>
> the problem of odd characters in certain parts of
> web pages persists. For example, on the yahoo main
> page in front of clickable news headlines ("In the News")
> there should be bullets, but Opera under BL3 is rendering
> them as question marks.

I don't think that's a font issue. It happens
to me too, irrespective of which non-Microsoft
browser I use. I suspect Microsoft webpage design
software uses unusual encoding for some characters.

> This is certainly not a show-stopping issue,
> but just a slightly irritating effect.

That's the Microsoft strategy. Users of non-Microsoft
products get irritated and eventually "upgrade".

Cheers,
Steven





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