My experience has been really good and to be honest better than I thought. I viewed the dvd when I first got it and it wasn't what I thought it was going to be, but I showed it to my son and nephew anyways and they loved it. They both love the background music and listening to the silly stories and as long as it is on they both stay tuned in. I do remember to stop before they want to stop and then we end with a little dance session they have to the background music
I haven't printed them out yet, but I think that if you are worried about the font size there are lots of printout, including the bits that you can start with. Have you shown the dvd to your little one yet? Even though my son likes it, I am not sure how much he is getting out of it, but I don't worry about it. He enjoys it and I leave it at that.
As far as the games running on Internet Explorer and seeing the menu bars, I don't know why that is because mines opens up as if I am watching a movie on the computer and all that I see on the screen is what is included on the dvd. After you put the disk into the computer how do you go about opening it up?