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Web Week
"IE4 Brings the Web Inside Windows"
Nate Zelnick
April 14, 1997 |
Basically, this is one cool browser. The integration really is the coolest aspect of IE4. Browsing the Web and the files system simultaneously feels natural, and any awkwardness fades fairly quickly. |
"Dynamic HTML deserves a long, hard look on its own. Suffice is to say for now that this represents potentially more of a killer feature than shell integration. à[I]t is clear that Microsoft has spent a great deal of time and effort making this browser a natural extension to regular computing use, and it will surely be hard for Netscape to counter."
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Seattle Times
"New browsers add curls to Web surfing"
Paul Andrews
April 13, 1997 |
With Internet Explorer 4.0, your PC seems like just one more place on the Internet. You can be browsing your favorite Web site and with a click or two replace its home page with your computer's desktop. Click again and you're in one of your own text files or spreadsheets. One more click, though, and you can be back on the Net. |
"[The new] conveniences give IE 4.0 a 'coolness' factor that heavy Web users will love. If you're the type who likes to play around with new software, Explorer has enough going to keep you surfing for weeks."
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ZDNet
Internet Explorer 4.0: First impressions"
Scott Hacker
April 10, 1997 |
From start to finish, everything about installing and using the first publically available version of Microsoft's flagship browser smacks of a major sea change.
Internet Explorer is really good software.
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"For the sake of this informal preview, it seems clear that Netscape has met its match. IE4, even the preview release, is easier to use, has more power features, and is more stable than IE3. When the press trumpeted that Netscape had met its match with the release of IE3, we remained skeptical Netscape loyalists. IE4 just may change our minds. Of course, Netscape Communicator is still evolving too, but we predict that IE4 may tip the scales for IE. " |
HotWired
"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Microsoft"
Taylor
April 2, 1997 |
Webmonkey Taylor concludes that "Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 is a work of beauty," its Dynamic HTML providing ôa paradise where pages degrade smoothly, design solutions come in simple packages, images and text move at your command, and all your cross-platform compatibility dreams can come true." |
"I had successfully avoided Microsoft for so long, and now it looks like they've gone and done it—they've found a way to get me excited about using their product, and given me a way to do what I've been chasing these past few years—turn the Web page into a stage for dynamic performance."
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TechWeb
"Internet Desktop: Has Microsoft turned the corner?"
Richard Karpinski
April 1, 1997 |
A variety of subtle indicators show that Microsoft has indeed turned a corner on the Web.
The occasional customer win is one thing, but for a net geek like me, the more significant development is Microsoft's leadership in a number of Web technology areas: Dynamic HTML--This is one area--and an important one--where Netscape truly is playing catch-up.
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"Java once was seen as Microsoft's Achilles heel; the company has turned it into what is beginning to look like a triumph. And that doesn't even begin to touch on Microsoft's very impressive Internet Explorer 4.0 and Active Desktop work, or its rapid repositioning and expansion of its BackOffice family of servers to support Internet protocols and Web-based functionality."
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Seattle P-I
"Microsoft browser is cheered"
Warren Wilson
March 28, 1997 |
Barely a year and a half after it threw down the gauntlet, Microsoft Corp. is poised to strike its biggest blow yet to unseat Netscape Communications Corp. as king of the Internet browsers.
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"Cautious reviewers are calling Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0, due out in early draft form in a week or so, a 'truly superb' product that 'may well reveal the next wave' in how people use their computers. A bolder view is that it's 'way better' than Netscape. One reviewer says flatly, 'The so-called browser wars are over. Microsoft won.'"
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PCWorld
Internet Explorer 4.0 Tips and Tricks"
Dylan Tweney
March 25, 1997 |
Internet Explorer 4 is far more than just a browser: It's a radically new way of working with your computer. With its "shell integration," IE4 adds a host of new features to Windows 95, from customized folders that can display Web pages alongside files to a desktop that displays Web pages in real time.
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"So that you can hit the ground running with the new Internet Explorer 4, we looked at a prerelease copy and distilled our experience using it into these tips that will help you save time, organize your files, or simply display your favorite Web sites in a whole new way." |
Web Week
"Internet Explorer 4.0 Delivers -- Bundled tools show off tight integration with Win95 and NT"
Jason Levitt
March 17, 1997 |
Suite is now the name of the browser game, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0 beta 1, due for release in two weeks, is a bundle of tools and technologies that shows off Microsoft's best personal Web applications and tight integration with the Windows 95 and NT 4.0 operating systems. |
"As a browser, though, IE 4.0 is looking better than everàFor the typical business user, the main attraction is a new "pull" technology that lets you subscribe to Web sites, which means you will be notified of any changes to Web pages, with the pages optionally downloaded to your machine for viewing online or offline. For users who need to monitor information on various Web sites, this feature alone may make IE 4.0, set to ship this summer, worth the wait."
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HotWired
"Internet Explorer: First Look"
Jeffrey Veen
March 24, 1997 |
For months now, we've been talking about how Microsoft was going to get rid of the browser and integrate the Web right into the desktop. It's true. They did it. The Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer are one and the same now. |
"Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0 is good software. Really good. Way better than Netscape."
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PC Magazine Online
"Fourth-Generation Web Browsers"
John Clyman, Edward Mendelson, and Brian Nade
March 19, 1997 |
As a whole—even without the Windows integration—Internet Explorer 4.0 matches or slightly exceeds the capabilities of Netscape Communicator. On its own or as your computing center, the core elements in IE are technically strong and point the way to a world with the Web at its center. |
"With the Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 4.0, Microsoft has taken the first serious strides toward its goal of making the Web browser just another part of the operating environment. Whether you find this integration appealing, you'll discover that IE 4.0 is a truly superb Web browser suite."
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InfoWorld
"IE 4.0 hints at browser, GUI future"
Dylan Tweney
March 17, 1997 |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 is loaded with features that promise to make the World Wide Web more interactive, easier to navigate, and more tightly integrated with the Windows desktop. |
"This suite combines an outstanding Web browser with powerful tools for mail and news access, Web-page authoring, and collaboration. With its optional integration into the Windows interface, Internet Explorer 4.0 may also hint at the next wave of user-interface design."
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NetGuide
"The Browser War Is Over"
Robert Seidman
March 14, 1997 |
The so-called browser wars are over. Microsoft won. With Internet Explorer 4.0, Microsoft built a better mousetrap. |
"IE 4.0 is very compelling. In addition to the integration of the browser into the operating system, IE 4.0 will also include several other Microsoft components that will ultimately be shipped with the desktop. àDue to it being integrated into the operating system, the browser itself loads and functions much faster than previous versions of Internet Explorer (and previous versions of Netscape, too)."
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Windows Sources
"Live, From the Desktop"
Brian Livingston
January 1, 1997 |
Microsoft's latest software salvo is Internet Explorer (IE) 4.0, which is also the update to Windows 95 (formerly code-named Nashville). The full version should ship in the first half of 1997. |
"Although IE 4.0 has many features, one of the best is its support for live feeds. That's jargon for a region of the desktop that displays information updated daily, hourly, or in real time...For example, you might update news headlines only once a day, and set other regions, such as local weather reports, to refresh hourly. Or you might gather other data, such as metropolitan traffic reports, every 30 minutes, or even continuously."
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