What is subscribing?

Microsoft Internet Explorer introduces new ways to view Web content. With the Subscription Manager Add-On component, you can have Internet Explorer check your favorite Web sites for new content, according to the schedule you specify. Then you can choose to either be notified that there is new content available or have the updated content automatically downloaded to your hard disk (for example, at night or when your computer is idle) so you can view the pages at your convenience. This is called "subscribing" to a Web site. Subscribing to a site does not require paying fees to the site.

You can schedule daily, weekly, or monthly updates for all of the Web sites you subscribe to or for individual sites.

After you've set up your subscriptions, you can view your favorite Web sites offline at your leisure.

For information about how to set up subscriptions on your computer, see the following topics:

Install Add-On components

Subscribe to a Web site

Browse the Web without being connected to the Internet