Case for Internet Explorer 5

Ely ely at powerup.com.au
Tue Feb 1 04:36:02 EST 2000


Hello All,
	I work in a public library service, and am wanting to get Internet Explorer
5 put on our public internet terminals. Currently we have Internet Explorer
4. The main reason I want IE5 is for the Multilingual support it offers. I
understand IE5 usually comes as a basic 7 MB file, which will download
components as needed. As our public NT-Internet machines are locked down
from meddling, we would need to install all these components at the initial
installation. A full install of IE5 is around 110 MB.
	I have a couple of questions:
	a) I don't know all the extra features of IE5, but other than the basics,
we mainly want the LOTE languages most prevalent around our area (Chinese,
Vietnamese, Greek, others would be a bonus). Can you pick and choose which
parts of the bonuses you download?
	b) Is the full/extra program charged for?

	We also need to put the case to our parent organisation as to why IE5 meets
our business needs better than IE4 (our tech support cannot "support" IE5
without additional training, plus they do not want to spend time and money
upgrading something with only a miniscule benefit). So we need to prove why
IE5 is better.
	It is quite difficult finding comparative information on the internet,
since IE5 came out so long ago already. But, so far I have (collected from
various web sites, some referring to different versions of IE5):

	PROS:
	* IE5 is faster
	* allows customising of toolbars
	* the Search explorer bar which you can choose which search engines are
launched when you perform a search, and can repeat it quickly with other
search engines
	* the drop down list of sites matching when you begin typing in a URL (as
opposed to IE4's single autocomplete)
	* Mail upgrades (which are of no use to us as these features are locked
down anyway)
	* friendlier and easier to novices
	* can search history and favorites
	* XML support (which I have no idea what that means)
	* print preview (good to save money)
	* Administration Kit available for full customisation

	CONS:
	* large install size
	* not many major interface improvements over IE4

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ely.




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