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What's New in IE 3.0
What Others are Saying
Personalization Features
We let you customize your surfing experience more than any other browser.
Customize and manage our browser to match the look and meet the needs of your organization.
Concerned about what's out there? We'll let you take control of what your children view on the Web.
Don't settle for just mouse clicks. We'll help you access Web content in a variety of ways.
We've got the only browser that breaks the Internet language barrier.
Communication Features
Now you can run Web phone, application sharing, white-board, and chat across the Internet with this hot new communications tool.
Forget hard-to-use mail and news software. With Internet Explorer, communicating has never been easier.
Run Windows-based applications over the Web with this exciting new ActiveX control.
Make your Internet chats more fun with this comic-strip style chat client.
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Active Content Features
If you're not using our browser to surf the Web, you're missing out on more than you know.
Stop looking at the same old boring pages. ActiveX controls brings rich, active, exciting content to the Web.
Web pages come alive with ActiveX scripting. No other browser brings you this level of interactivity.
We've got the easiest way to share your favorite documents over the Web.
Nobody can beat the speed, power, and stability of our Java Support.
Movies, music, sounds, virtual worlds - no other browser brings all the excitement of multimedia to the Web.
Enter a whole new level of Web content, rivaled only by the hottest multimedia titles.
Interaction with 3-D virtual worlds becomes a reality with our unbeatable VRML support.
Internet Explorer now offers compatibility with Netscape's proprietary plug-in technology.
Security Features
Our security support assures that your online communications travel across the 'Net without interception.
Now you can control what gets downloaded to your computer.
Protect your privacy and identity on the 'Net.