On 3/27/02 8:08 AM, "Remo Del Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I read something about the prefs file being locked by Entourage, therefore >> IE's changes don't get written to disk. > > The real problem is that these preferences shouldn't be stored in > com.apple.internetconfig.plist at all. Why, in heaven's name, should IE's > autofill settings be stored in a file that is meant for global, shared > internet preferences. Or its cookies for that matter. Which begs the > question: What is EvX storing in there that it needs to lock the file from > modification? But that's been that way (only it worked better in OS 8/9) for some time! Since at least OS 8.5, maybe 8.0. It's IE's way of conforming to standards: since most prefs you want to set in IE are really Internet Config prefs anyway, you can set hem from either IE or Internet Control Panel (now System Prefs), and they're the same prefs, instead of conflicting. this was the issue (plus Autofill) that finally got me to drop Netscape: Netscape was always overriding Internet prefs, but IE conformed. That's because they're the same prefs. The trouble in OS X is that the OS isn't actually allowing IE to set certain pres, and also provides nowhere itself for you to set those particular prefs: some of them seem unsettable. But IE's pref panel doesn't know that, so you think you're setting them in IE but you're not. Not good, but actually an OS problem, not an IE problem. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
