I gave you the answer, IE 5.1 is too old, too buggy and lacks compatibility with too many websites to be useful. If you don't like the answer oh well, it doesn't have any effect on making IE 5.1 into anything other than the unstable junk that it is.
Andrew -----Original Message----- From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerrod Hozendorf Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:59 PM To: G-List Subject: Re: [G] OI VEI!!! No offense man but this is exactly what I'm trying to avoid - if you don't have a fix/answer then don't respond! I know what I have and trust me as soon as I get OS X loaded onto my external then I will never have a question for this group but RIGHT NOW I need answers not Rhetoric! --- "Andrew F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excuse me, but how can you complain about Macs being > difficult to use when > you insist on using an obsolete OS and the absolute > worst browser available > for that OS? Want a Mac to be easy to use, then use > one with Panther or > Tiger and Safari, it will be easy, secure and > compatible with just about > anything. 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