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Internet Explorer 4.0 Web site is up
Microsoft posted the Internet Explorer 4.0 Web site today at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/. Judging from the screenshots and information in this site, IE 4 is more than a simple upgrade from IE 3. Design goals for Internet Explorer 4.0 include:
Paul Thurrott
February 23, 1997
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Microsoft posted the Internet Explorer 4.0 Web site today at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/. Judging from the screenshots and information in this site, IE 4 is more than a simple upgrade from IE 3.
Design goals for Internet Explorer 4.0 include:
To build the best browser possible to electrify the end user's Internet experience.
To provide a foundation so others could contribute to a new generation of exciting, interactive, and functional Web content.
Major new features include:
Customizable user interface
Desktop acts as browser window for live content
New Start menu and taskbar with Web-related objects
AutoComplete - recalls Internet addresses so you don't have to re-type
Stronger security
HTML Help - Help system is now built into Web pages
Dynamic HTML
Site Subscriptions - "Pulled" content updated automatically
Premium Channels - dynamic Web sites delivered to your desktop
Major new components include:
Active Desktop - Web pages, Desktop Components, and Internet news...right on your desktop
Smart Favorites - Find out when your favorite Web sites are updated
Outlook Express - E-mail and newsgroup client
Netmeeting – Conferencing
FrontPad HTML Authoring tool
Web Publishing Wizard and Personal Web Server
NetShow video broadcasting
Internet Connection Wizard
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview
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