jbarcus81 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Anyone use the AOL Explorer yet? I'm using it now to test and seems good... I'm no expert but it loaded Neowin in just under 3 seconds.... Any ideas on this Browser??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidpharoh Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 I've tried out the AOL Browser just out of curiousity. And here's my very short summarized thoughts about it. Visually, it appeals to me. It has a nice clearly built layout, and it's got some nice visual features. As far as operation goes, it's fairly fast at rendering and it displays most webpages appropriately. Unfortanetly, I noticed a horrible slowdown in my boot up time. Went through my services, and saw that several AOL services had been installed, and if you look in your Task Manager those services tend to eat up a lot of resources. Close to 120MB memory usage for me. It's a nice browser, but why does it need multiple services to run? Also, why do the services need that many resources? Unfortanetly, I rate it a (N) because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbarcus81 Posted May 30, 2005 Author Share Posted May 30, 2005 (edited) I second that.. I too have noticed a lot more resources being used and a lot of extra services running for AOL..... Who know's what they are.. if anyone in here know's please explain!!! Thanks.... and so far other than that I see nothing wrong with it.. It even shows a thumbnail of the page each tab is @.... Nice!!! I also noticed this... LOL....See image Edited May 30, 2005 by NeoXP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted May 30, 2005 Veteran Share Posted May 30, 2005 I have no idea what's funny about that screenshot, but ok. Anyway, I find the browser to be an excellent piece of software that puts many other IE shells to shame. However, those damn services are it's downfall. I know it's been said that the services will be cut back on Triton, so maybe the same is true for the browser end of things too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlcmobsta Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 i was wondering if anybody here try aol explorer cause i dont wanna download it and it mess up my computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0z Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 i was wondering if anybody here try aol explorer cause i dont wanna download it and it mess up my computer 585992437[/snapback] Is it out of beta yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlcmobsta Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Is it out of beta yet? 585992483[/snapback] no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlogics Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 i'm downloading it right now. i'll post some screenshots later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Its on BETA and it's not that bad; Direct download link: http://beta.aol.com/projects/aolexplorer/AOLDNLD_126.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Screenshot :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlogics Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 the browser looks great! here're some screens: http://usera.imagecave.com/deadlogics/aol01.gif http://usera.imagecave.com/deadlogics/aol02.gif http://usera.imagecave.com/deadlogics/aol03.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Server.System Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 I'd like the AOL theme for my Fx :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakej Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 To me, it just sounds like IE with tabs and a really nice look. Is that correct? - WindowsTechie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted June 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 12, 2005 To me, it just sounds like IE with tabs and a really nice look. Is that correct?- WindowsTechie 586049270[/snapback] and additional features such as quick one click access to turn on/off activex and javascript, built in whois querying, and a few more things. If it didn't need all those processed, it would be a kickass browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyranthus Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 its nothing very special, i tried it for a few days, didnt like it. it has nothing firefox or opera doesnt have... well except for that thumbnail tab previews... i kept getting pages without images where there are supposed to be images, i dunno if it mistook them for ads or what... but i really didnt like that.... and btw... try searching before you post, there is already a thread with the SAME TITLE a few down from this one... https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=325896 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted June 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 15, 2005 threads merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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