[thelist] Weird IE behavior

Peter Kaulback pkaulbak at idirect.ca
Sat Jun 16 11:50:42 CDT 2001


In the wee hour of 11:18 AM 6/16/01 -0400, Marc Seyon bequeathed such tales 
as these:
>At 6/16/2001 02:31 PM, you wrote:
>
>>>This is my first post. First pardon my English, I'm
>>>Indonesian.
>>>I have a weird behavior in IE 5.5 Windows 98. If I
>>>open two or more windows, when I switch to another
>>>window sometimes I can't open the File menu bar (and
>>>other options of course). I can only open it if only I
>>>switch to another window and back again.
>>>Would you help me with this irritating behavior.
>>
>>Sounds like a bug. Do you have a page we can view where this happens? 
>>(URL please, no attachments).
>
>I think it is a bug, but it's not site specific. I've encountered a 
>similar problem. Sometimes, with multiple windows open, I can't bookmark a 
>page - the menu just won't come up - unless I switch back and forth 
>between windows then try it again.
>
>Win 2k, IE 5.01 incidentally.

I get this occasionally on IE 5.5, win98 and I have to run the IE repair 
utility 1 or 2 times consecutively to fix it.
Peter Kaulback





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