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To: acyberguy who wrote (803)	11/24/1998 12:09:00 AM
From: Miguel M. de la O	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110598

I have found the same thing. IE loads a lot faster...A LOT...but NS seems faster at browsing.

To: acyberguy who wrote (803)	11/24/1998 4:36:00 AM
From: wily	Respond to of 110598

I think notions of browser speed opening pages is a very subjective thing and that there probably is not too much technical basis for there to be much difference between browsers. But, I do not know very much. OTOH, that's what it says at this site: browsertune.com Plus, a lot of other stuff you might want/not want to know about your browser and browsers in general. Re IE vs NS: I've already noted how I LOVE the "disappear" function for the top tool bars on IE. I was just made aware from another post that you can click something on Communicator to do the same thing. I also like very much the configurability of those tool bars in IE and the very cool, almost tactile, way it is achieved. I used to like NS 3.x bookmarks better than IE3.x favorites, but MS knocked themselves out with the "favorites" functionality in 4.x. Automatically alphebetized. Organizable with a "windows explorer" type window. I'm sure you eventually get used to the communicator scheme for organizing your bookmarks, but it's just not as obvious and handy. IE used to have a great "history" folder that you could organize similar to email folders--by address or by time or by name. Now, they've screwed that up! Now it's organized into folders for each day, and those days into "week" folders--really sucks. Another problem with the history links is, try and save them if you ever re-format your drive and re-install windows: it doesn't work, and it messes up IE too. I just tried it the other day, and not only did I lose all the historical links, but I ended up having to remove/re-install IE. Why, you ask, would I want to save them? So I know which links in SI I've read/haven't read--not that big a deal... Email: I don't use browser-based email. I use Outlook Express and it's fine. Netmeeting: blows the doors off of the NS version (can't remember what they named it) Disclaimer: I am by no means a MS sympathizer and would get a good chuckle seeing them crash and burn. But, they do do some things right and I appreciate well constructed software. wily