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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