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VOL 1 - ISSUE: 68
DECEMBER 15, 2004 - JANUARY 14, 2005
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WHICH BROWSER DOES THE GOOD JOB? MICROSOFT EXPLORER OR MSN EXPLORER?
A
strange question as both are Microsoft products and are bundled packages delivered
with windows operating systems since Windows 95 up the the XP brand.
However,
there are some differences between the two clients. A main difference is that
Microsoft Explorer is "a sort of public source browser" as Microsoft
does accept Add-ons to the client. In the contrary MSN Explorer is a private
client browser for msn.com (such as AOL, CompuServe; Yahoo and the like private
browsers) that does not allow any Add-on from third parties.
And that
difference is important.
As we all know, Adds-On may get messy with
each other and with Microsoft operating system's Dynamic Library Links (DLLs)
stored in Windows System Folder - particularly when your computer is operating
under Microsoft brands other than XP.
Indeed, developers, instead of keeping
all DLLs of their product in the installation folder, used to replace some DLLs
in Windows System Folder with DLLs from their own products. This is particularly
true for Windows 95, 98, Me and 2000.
The "intruding" DLL may
then perturb the harmonious functioning of the operating system and might become
the cause for hang ups.
XP operating system is protected against
such intrusions, which partially explained the stability of XP compared to previous
Microsoft operating systems. Third parties cannot anymore replace XP operating
system's DLLs with their own in the System Folder. However, they have the
possibility to modify registry keys. (You also do have the possibility to control
even that occurrence if you have AdWatch from Ad-Aware
SE Plus from Lavasoft.de installed)
Further, since XP Service Pack2
hit the counter, you may have experienced some glitches in Microsoft Explorer's
performance such as links that do not open when you click on; or that do not open
when you right click to open in another window. You may even have experienced
that links to media do not start the media player. Etc. Africabiz dedicated a
delivery to the problem that
is here to review.You may visit
this website fully dedicated to Internet Explorer glitches that also gives
tips to overcome them.
TRY
MSN EXPLORER
Till
now we have not noticed any of such nuisances when using MSN Explorer. Even under
Service Pack2, which highlights the difference between Microsoft Explorer and
MSN Explorer as exposed at the beginning of this delivery.
Then it is worthwhile
then to use MSN Explorer. You will experience a better web browsing, media playing
and video watching.
To be able to use MSN Explorer, you do not need
to have Microsoft as your Internet Service Provider.
What you absolutely
need is a Microsoft HotMail account, which gives you a Microsoft Identity
composed of your HotMail Email address (something like johndoe@hotmail.com)
and a Microsoft Password (you password to login to your HotMail
account) that together are the sesame key, which permits you login to your
MSN Explorer account. Additionally you must also install Microsoft Messenger
or Windows Messenger.
Click on the MSN Explorer Logo that is right
on the desktop or available through "Start" and follow instructions
on-screen.
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In fact, it can be used to create entire
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You just need to specify a local
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to the pages.
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