viewing *.jpeg files

Because IE is not really suitable for viewing Pictures. It is slow, uncomfortable and has no options to fit pictures to screen.

you can use mozilla/firebird which has an auto-fit feature, and then if you click the image, it toggles full size/ auto size. using mozilla will also give you tabbed browsing, ad block, smoother scrolling with the mouse wheel, and no activeX security threats.

@dani82: If you're stubborn - then so am I. ;) I guess, WinME comes with IE 5.5 - right? - So please do the following:[list=1][*]Open your control panel[*]Double-click your "Internet Options" or just "Internet" icon (depends on IE version)[*]Go to "Advanced" tab[*]Tick the "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts" option - it is disabled by default[/list=1] Now it should work for you as in the past. And as I'm stubborn too, I just want to tell you that you can use IrfanView to view your pics in original size too, you can configure the picture display options in every which way. And IrfanView can also put out a *.html picture slideshow for you - just go to thumbnail mode, mark all pictures you want to have in your slideshow and use the "Save selected thumbs as HTML file" option. You will get a HTML file with clickable thumbs completely indexed - and with a complete navigation set - doesn't that sound good to you? ;) Greets, Gerti

@dani IrfanView is very powerful. Some examples of Keyboard shortcuts: <F> fit image to screen (windowed) <Enter> Fullscreen <L> or <R> Rotate image Left or Right <ESC> leave Irfanview <Space> next image of actual Folder (Image order can be defined by date, size, name etc.) <Backspace> one image back. There are a lot of more features of Irfanview, like batchprocessing or a slidshow, so just give it a try.

@avih using a new browser would have defeated the whole purpose of this thread, but thanks for the suggestion. @gerti67 that option has always been enabled since the beginning, no luck. @scharfis_brain Adobe Photo Deluxe, PaintShop Pro, Sound Forge, and Cool Edit are great programs, but i still got rid of them all, cause i'd prefer simple programs like Goldwave and MSpaint and it doesn't even matter how small IrfanView is, i still prefer IE. -------- i would have upgraded to a new version of IE, but i wouldn't know if anything would be different, and i don't have time to download it cause of my 56k connection.

Shit man, could you at least TRY out Irfanview? If you find it difficult to use, or don't like it for some reason, then you can come here and post why. As everybody has been trying to tell you, IE isn't really good to view pics. If you only want to view pics and not edit, Irfanview is the perfect program. Simple and good at it's job.