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☖ Forums → Discussion Forum → Is MSN Explore worth anything?
Is MSN Explore worth anything?
2004-09-18, 4:32 PM #1
Is MSN explore worth anything?
2004-09-18, 4:35 PM #2
What is it? I've never heard of it!
2004-09-18, 4:35 PM #3
Are you talking about MSN's internet browser thing?
2004-09-18, 4:36 PM #4
Yeah it comes with XP... dunno it makes getting to hotmail easier... but that about limits it.
2004-09-18, 4:38 PM #5
It takes IE and MSN Messenger and makes them incredibly bulky (last time i tried it out anyway, lots of the screen is taken up by toolbars and such) and it makes you sign into passport/messenger before you can browse the web... I never liked it.
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2004-09-18, 4:40 PM #6
It sounds baaaaaad!

Me sticks with firefox and opera!
2004-09-18, 4:42 PM #7
Untrue. The main window has a toolbar along the top (smaller than IE's) and another on the left that can be minimised.

Screenie

Any new windows that are opened have a far smaller toolbar

Meh, I like it anyway.
2004-09-18, 4:43 PM #8
Yeah its just a bulkier version of IE. I might just go back to using Firefox.
2004-09-18, 4:52 PM #9
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Originally posted by LividDK27
Untrue. The main window has a toolbar along the top (smaller than IE's) and another on the left that can be minimised.

Screenie

Any new windows that are opened have a far smaller toolbar (about twice the size of a regular sized taskbar).

Meh, I like it anyway.


What are you talking about? That's much bigger than IEs.
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2004-09-18, 4:55 PM #10
Ah, I forgot IE's toolbar size was increased by the Yahoo thingy. Anyway, the address bar hardly makes it "much bigger".
2004-09-18, 4:57 PM #11
Ok it's not that much bigger but the buttons are huge.. and there appears to be no way to choose which ones are shown (Although I could be mistaken as I was only in the program for 2 minutes. )

After just running the program to get that screenshot it has reincarnated msn messenger. How annoying.
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2004-09-18, 5:01 PM #12
Yeah, the buttons are pretty chunky. You can choose which ones appear on the left hand side (click the >> button, then "Personalize My Stuff" if anyone's interested) but not the top ones, so far as I can tell at least.
2004-09-18, 6:40 PM #13
Get that god-awful thing off my screen... :mad:
2004-09-18, 7:28 PM #14
Basically guys... its IE without any of the security features that IE has after SP2... and its bulkier... so I'm just gonna stay away from it.

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