Advanced

Now select the Advanced tab. This section has been divided into multiple sections given the amount of options available.

Accessibility & Browsing

These sections are the first 2 sections of the Advanced settings tab. Options available being as follows.

Always expand ALT text for images. You can ignore this setting if Show pictures is Ticked (See Multimedia section). If that setting is Unticked then Ticking this setting will have the effect of increasing the image size for any ALT text.

Move system caret with focus/selection changes. This setting is only really needed if you are using Accessibility Aids. If you use such Aids then Tick this setting, otherwise leave it Unticked.

Always send URLs as UTF-8. Ticking this setting will enable you to use URL’s containing characters from foreign language. Untick this setting to disable this feature. There’s no real need to disable this feature.

Automatically check for Internet Explorer updates. If you Tick this setting IE will automatically check for an updated version of IE for download & if detected you will have the option to download it. I’d recommend leaving this Unticked unless you rarely check your system for updateable components. NOTE – This will not find updates such as security patches.

Close unused folders in History & Favorites. When Ticked Internet Explorer will automatically close any opened Favorites or History folders when you open a new one. Untick this setting to disable this setting, this way such folders will only close when you decide to close them.

Disable script debugging. Tick this setting to disable the installed Script debugger. This would be the recommend setting for most users. Only those testing out webpages/scripts they have in their website should Untick this setting, to enable to the installed Script debugger for troubleshooting purposes.

Display a notification about every script error. Untick this setting to disable notification of script errors in webpages. This would be the recommend setting for most users. Only those testing out webpages/scripts they have in their website should Tick this setting to enable this feature for troubleshooting purposes.

Enable folder view for FTP sites. This setting can be used to toggle on/off the way in which FTP sites are viewed in Internet Explorer. When Ticked it is displayed in a similar way to Windows Explorer (e.g. Clicking on a folder will open a new window displaying the contents of this, & so on). Unticking this setting will display the contents of such FTP sites in a fashion similar to the way webpages are viewed (e.g. Clicking on a folder will open the folder contents in the same window, much like clicking a link on a webpage will). I’d recommend Unticking this setting as the Folder view is a lot slower & more awkward than the regular view mode.

That said, if you are going to navigate FTP’s then an FTP client would be far better. I can highly recommend SmartFTP, it’s small, it’s free, it’s stable & it’s as simple to use as Windows Explorer is.

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