Problem in Understanding encoding in browser context

Hi,

I have a problem in understanding what happens when we select different encoding options in the browser.

I have loaded a webpage encoded in shift-jis format (www.honda.jp.co), then I just the utf-8 encoding in the browser (IE or firefox), the text gets cluttered.

As I understand, the browser should have converted the text from shift-jis format to utf-8 format and then displayed the page.That is,

any format--> UTF-8 format should be losseless.

The glyphs (fonts) that get displayed should be according to the encoding format.

But what i see in either of the browser is that it displays question marks and invalid chars.

Note: I have reqd fonts installed in my box.

Please let me know if my understanding is correct.

Thanks

>> Manjunath

[820 byte] By [manjunath_suna] at [2007-10-1 19:06:19]