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October 12, 2004

AOL new browser

AOL have been quietly developing their own standalone browser, while the internet is otherwise distracted by speculation on a Google Browser, Internet Explorer security problems, and various front-of-shop revamps to AOL and Yahoo.

So what does the AOL browser do and offer?

Well, according to Eweek's article AOL Readies Standalone Browser, he software will be completely standalone from the usual AOL software package that subscribers of their ISP service must install - which means that most PC users should be able to use the new AOL browser without needing prior software installations.

AOL browser features

Apparently, the new browser won't use the tabbing feature that many Firefox users love (but I never use - open me a window anytime). However, an interesting new feature is the ability to generate page thumbnails while the mouse arrow hovers over either the "forward" and "back" buttons.

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The AOL Browser will also provide several tools dubbed "Power Browsing." These new features let viewers zoom in and out on a page, force a Web page to display in high-contrast for the vision-impaired, and highlight or list links on a page.

Apparently, because of the recent win over Microsoft over Netscape competition issues (AOL bought out Netscape and effectively reaped the case benefits), AOL has the royalty-free rights to use Internet Explorer technology for 6 years.

However, the question that begs is how mindful will AOL be of security? Internet Explorer has become an effective laughing stock for it's security failures, and as reported earlier today, details on new critical security flaws in IE and other Microsoft products were released today.

Posted by brian_turner at October 12, 2004 09:33 PM

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