[WEB4LIB] MSIE 5 for Mac released

[Thomas Dowling]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Tennant" <rtennant at library.berkeley.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:52 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] MSIE 5 for Mac released


> Microsoft finally released Explorer 5 for the Mac. Download at:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/en/default.asp
>
> or read more about it at:
>
> http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/03/19/0324ie5.html
>

The most prominent feature I've heard mentioned so far is that it defaults
to a 16pt type size.  Some web designers, whose hearts may be in the right
place but whose heads sure aren't, are already doing JavaScript sniffing,
and decreasing the font size when they detect Mac IE5.  However, the
larger out-of-the-box font setting may be spurring a greater percentage of
users to change their defaults than is usually the case.  The result could
be some really tiny print when the two trends collide.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu