On my Macbook when logging on certain websites the page only shows some gurbled chinese characters.
When I log on to my banking on-line web address or my company's secure website the page comes garbled with some Chinese characters but the same page comes OK on Safari.
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The default is used when a server doesn't send an encoding.
The default encoding is Western (ISO-8859-1), so it is best to use that setting.
If pages do give problems then they may need UTF-8 or a specific Windows encoding, that you can easily change via the Character Encoding menu now you know where to find it.
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Which encoding is used?
- Firefox > Web Developer > Character Encoding
- View > Character Encoding
If an UTF-16 encoding is used then try UTF-8 or a Western encoding (ISO-8859-1)
Many Thanks, The problem is solved with your tips. Much appreciated.
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Any idea why this happened, this wasn't there before but suddenly came up, I haven't made any changes though. Should I do the same action when I have problems like this?
You're welcome
What is the default encoding?
- Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Default Character Encoding
Default encoding is UTF-16, What should I change this to?
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The default is used when a server doesn't send an encoding.
The default encoding is Western (ISO-8859-1), so it is best to use that setting.
If pages do give problems then they may need UTF-8 or a specific Windows encoding, that you can easily change via the Character Encoding menu now you know where to find it.
Thanks once again for the help.