IE 5.2.1

[RichB]

IE 5.2 is working fine so why should I (or shouldn't I) update to IE 5.2.1? (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=10902&db=macosx) :rolleyes:

P.S. I am not looking for reasons to not use IE at all - browser war debate!

[AKcrab]

I don't know... This is all I can find.

What's new in this version: Provides all the latest security and performance enhancements for Internet Explorer5 for MacOSX. It also provides support for the new Quartz text smoothing feature provided in MacOSX version10.1.5 and later, so text on your screen is easier to read.
Depending on how much you use IE, and what kind of "security" you want, there may be no need for you to update. (Oh, and if you have silk, the text smoothing is moot, too.)

[RichB]

That sounds like the same thing they said about 5.2! I'm waiting to hear horror or success stories. I saw one post where the user said it damaged his catalog file (http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3914) and created an invalid sibling link. I've had one of those before that fsck couldn't fix and DiskWarrior saved me.

[saint.duo]

Well, if nothing else, IE quit remembering my cookies at 5.2 (specifically ebay and this site), and 5.2.1 remembers them again.

[nkuvu]

Horror story, here ya go. But it's rated PG, not very scary.

IE changed the ownership of my root device to user unknown, group unknown. All symlinks in the root directory were changed as well.

The reason that this isn't scary is twofold. One, it's pretty darn easy to reset ownership with chown. Two, I hadn't yet gotten around to installing 10.1.5, and doing that seemed to fix things.

I just wonder what else the installation might have messed up... :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, the scariest part -- it reset my homepage to msn.com. Aaaaaaaaah! ;)

[dbhill]

> I just wonder what else the installation might have messed up...

Well, here's something to think about.... Before I installed IE v.5.2.1, I ran Apple Repair Priveleges. After installation of IE I ran ARP again and saved the log file. The file was 250kb and had 1,500 lines of repaired permissions out of 62,000 files analyzed. That's only about 2.5%, but still it shows the IE installer thrashed around a bit while getting the browser ensconsed.

~Dennis

[nkuvu]

Urk. What is Apple Repair Privileges?

Commercial/Shareware/Freeware/Already installed?

[AKcrab]

Originally posted by nkuvu
Urk. What is Apple Repair Privileges?

Commercial/Shareware/Freeware/Already installed?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106900
Free download.

[nkuvu]

Perfect. Thanks!

[thatch]

The only real bug I have found in IE 5.2.1 for OS X 10.1.5 is that you cannot configure a proxy setting from within the browser because the checkbox for 'Web Proxy' is grayed out. You can, however, make your proxy settings in the system preferences networking proxy area and then they will show up in IE although still grayed. And, of course, the settings will be system-wide instead of user specific as they are with other popular browsers when configured from within the browser preferences. I submitted a product support feedback to Microsoft about this which is another name for their bug report, I suppose.

;)