Mulboyne wrote:I just received a keitai message on my pc email which had a readable headline but the following text in Firefox...
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When I read in Explorer, I can see
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I guess I'm doing something stupid with the language options...
Not necessarily. A plus for IE is that it auto-selects the Japanese coding to use. Firefox can do the same, but you have to play around a little more. Try the ISO 2022 JPNS coding and it should display correctly]
Here's what I'd suggest you do:
First, try setting ISO 2022 as the default Japanese font. To do this, go to Tools then Options. Under General, select Language. At the bottom is Standard Character Encoding. Select ISO 2022 as the default Japanese code and try the page you mentioned.
Second, if you'll be viewing Japanese pages a lot, set Japanese as the default language. I mentioned this before - Tools then Options, in General go to Language and then bump Japanese to the very top (this shouldn't affect display of English-only pages).
Also add the three Japanese codes I mentioned (EUC, Shift JIS, and ISO 2022) to the top of the encoding list. In Firefox go to View then Character Encoding. Now select Customize List. Add the three to your list and bump them to the top - the order won't interfere with display of any English-only pages (diff code).
If you do come across a page that doesn't display correctly, just go to View, Character Encoding, and pick the Japanese code to use - I try ISO 2022 first as a rule.
Hope this helps.
