Central Support for Internet
Explorer
By
Francis Chu
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In view of the popularity
of the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) and its advantages over
Netscape, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has decided to switch
its support effort on browser from Netscape to IE starting from
1 September 2001.
Every time a PC is booted up to the
student Local Area Network (LAN) in the CSC Teaching Studios,
IE will be started and Student Intranet Home Page loaded automatically.
If IE matches your preference, which is now our default browser,
it is highly recommended that you test your Web-based teaching
materials using IE before conducting your lecture there. However,
if Netscape is preferred, it can still be selected and invoked
from the Student Intranet menu.
For PCs connected to the staff LAN,
your existing default browser will still launch the Staff Intranet.
If you would like to know how you can change the default browser
to IE, or to find out the advantages and differences between IE
and Netscape, the information below is provided for your reference.
For the sake of convenience, the same information is also placed
on the CSC’s Web site http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/ —
from the “Facilities” submenu, opt for “Internet/Intranet
Access” and then select “Using MS Internet Explorer
(IE)”.
Advantages of Using IE
Differences between Using IE and
Netscape
1. Terminology
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IE
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Netscape
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Address
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Location
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Refresh
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Reload
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Favorites
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Bookmarks
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Links
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Personal toolbar
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2. Operations
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IE
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Netscape
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Add
bookmark
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Select
“Favorites” menu then select “Add”
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Right
click and then select “Add to Favorites…”
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Select
“Bookmarks” and then “Add”
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Right
click and then select “Add Bookmark”
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Change
default home page
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Select
“Tools” and then “Internet Options” and type in address
of the new home page
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Select
“Edit” and then “Preferences” and type in location of the
new home page
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Change
other preferences
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Select
“Tools” and then “Internet Options”
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Select
“Edit” and then “Preferences”
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Change
character set to Chinese Traditional
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Select
“View”, “Encoding” and then “Chinese Traditional (Big5)”
OR
Right
click and select “Encoding” and then “Chinese Traditional
(Big5)”
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Select
“View”, “Character Set” and then “Chinese Traditional (Big5)”
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View
HTML code
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Select
“View” and then “Source”
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Right
click and select “View source”
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Select
“View” and then “Page Source”
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Right
click and select “View Source”
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Plug-in/Applications for IE
Unlike Netscape, plug-in/applications
will not be installed together with IE. You have to install the
plug-in/applications such as Acrobat Reader and RealPlayer by
yourself. You may install the plug-in/applications from the “Departmental
Applications Menu” of Intranet.
Setting the Default Browser to
IE
