Internet Explorer 4 4.0 Browser Enhancements Forrest Stroud
4.0 Browser Enhancements
The Web browser itself has received several major new additions and a multitude of minor changes for the 4.0 release. Of the new additions, the most notable include Dynamic HTML support, Active Channels (a channel-based push broadcasting system similar to Netscape's Netcaster client), inline support for the PNG graphics format, improved toolbars (although they are still not as intuitive or attractive as those found in Communicator), a parental rating system, and an improved Favorites folder.
The best of the bookmarking folder's new additions is its Web site subscription capabilities, which automatically notify you when a site that you've subscribed to has been updated. The newest release also gives users the ability to use the left pane of Internet Explorer for specialized 'net tasks. The pane can be set up to display your Favorites bookmarks, your Web history folder, a dedicated search engine page, or a listing of available Active Channels.
