One thing to note with the mouse wheel zoom in IE, if you zoom using the mouse wheel, and exit IE without returning to your normal zoom, you may (or may not) find that the text size setting has been changed the next time you open IE. If you plan to use this feature, it would be well to remember where to reset your defualt display.

Any "Windows compliant" program should have the "hooks" to zoom the display, but the mouse you use also has to incorporate in its driver that Ctl+wheel rotation means zoom. With some mouse drivers, you can enable/disable the feature, and some "accessibility settings" may also affect whether it's available. Other kinds of input devices can use the hook in the program, if it's there, with another kind of input. Some touchpad/stylus devices use tapping the stylus in specific areas of the pad, just as one example.

Re the well-known security problems with IE, big Mickey is on the verge of, or may have started, distributing the new WinXP-SR2 which is reported as containing numerous fixes to IE as part of the package. This is a pretty major overhaul, and is recommended by all the experts I've heard from. If you use XP, and haven't done so, it is strongly urged that you turn on "automatic updates" so that they can dribble this fix to you in the background. The full SR2 package reportedly can be as much as 300 to 500 MB if you're behind on previously issued updates, which is a rather long download even on a fairly fast connection. (A CD version reportedly will be available "in a few weeks." Hold your breath for that one.)

John