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Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 3.1 Comparison Guide
The demand today for a fast, full featured
Web browser for Windows 3.1 PCs is considerable. Current estimates place the number of PCs running 16-bit Windows at well over 60 million. Moreover, 40% of today�s Internet users are using Windows 3.1. To access the World Wide Web, these customers demand a 16-bit Windows browser with a rich feature set, that leverages their existing hardware investment. Therefore, the Web browser of choice should provide smooth operation and access to the broadest range of Web content possible on these older systems, without requiring a RAM, processor, or hard drive upgrade. Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1 is the easy-to-use Web browser that supports all of this and more with a smooth migration path and a very competitive price�and it�s FREE! (Download charges may apply.)
- Why should we use Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1?
- How easy is it to upgrade to Internet Explorer for Windows?
- Windows 3.1 Browser Comparison: Internet Explorer 3.0 vs. Netscape Navigator 3.0
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Why should we use Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1?
- Most Easy to Use, Productive Web Browser
Internet Explorer for Windows
3.1 allows users to accomplish more in less time. It provides
fast performance, the customizable, easy to use interface of Internet
Explorer 3.0 for Windows and Macintosh, and delivers support for
more Web content than any other Windows 3.1 browser today.
- Fast performance on Today's Windows
3.1 PC
Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1 leverages your existing hardware investment: it runs on a 386 PC with less than 8 MB! Internet Explorer also loads fast, renders Web pages quickly (due to support for technologies such as progressive rendering), and coexists well with other applications running in memory.
- Access More Exciting Web Content!
Using Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1, users can access more of the Web content users care about including HTML 2.0, standard frames, borderless and floating frames, enhanced tables and support for Web page scripting for forms and applications using JavaScript and VB Script. (**With support coming soon for Java and HTML 3.2!!)
- A Complete Internet Solution
Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1 is available with everything a user needs to get up and running quickly. The full download is a comprehensive package including Internet connectivity software such as TCP/IP protocol stack, dialer, and full-featured electronic mail and news. The Internet Connection Wizard included with the Internet Explorer stack and dialer makes it easy for first-time users to find and connect to a local Internet Service Provider. Internet Explorer provides a complete cross-platform solution with support for Windows 95/NT, Windows 3.x, Macintosh and Unix (due by end of 1996).
- Safe and Secure
Internet Explorer provides support for today�s existing Internet security standards such as SSL 2.0 and 3.0, as well as enhanced security features in PCT 1.0 from Microsoft.
How easy is it to upgrade to Internet Explorer for Windows
3.1?
- Easy and Inexpensive Migration
Internet Explorer 3.0 for
Windows 3.1 runs on today's Windows 3.1 PC, leveraging your existing
hardware investment. Migration of Netscape bookmarks to Internet
Explorer favorites is easy, enabling users to continue to visit
their favorite Web pages quickly and easily with Internet Explorer.
And Internet Explorer is available free-of-charge at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download.
- Hands-Free, Customized Setup
for MIS and Internet Service and Content Providers
The Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK), which can be ordered for free (plus the cost of shipping and handling) at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ieak, allows your corporate IS organization to customize the installation of Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 3.1 to create a hands-free setup with default installation directory, default start/search pages, default logo, proxy server, security settings, and much more.
- Lowest Cost of Training and Support
The Internet Explorer user interface is the same across platforms, reducing training costs and making web browsing easier for end users. For administrators, Internet Explorer�s central administration is just one of the features that will lower your organization�s support costs.
Windows 3.1 Browser Comparison: Internet Explorer 3.0 vs. Netscape Navigator 3.0
| Features | Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 | Netscape
Navigator 3.0 |
|---|
| Hardware Requirements |
| Minimum PC Configuration | 386/4MB | 486/8MB |
| Setup |
| First-time user Internet connect help
| Yes - Via Connection Wizard | Yes - limited interface |
| Customized Installation | Yes - via FREE IE Admin Kit
(plus shipping and handling) | Yes - via Netscape Admin. Kit
@ $1,995 (plus shipping and handling) |
| Look and Feel |
Easy URLs
(e.g., no need to type "http:") | Yes | Yes |
AutoSearch
(type "?" in the Address bar) | Yes | No |
Customizable Toolbar
(simplifies first time connect) | Yes | No |
| Tabbed Options Dialog Box for easy, centralized configuration options | Yes | No |
| HTML Support |
| HTML 2.0 | Yes | Yes |
| Standard & Enhanced Frames
(borderless, floating) | Standard and Enhanced | Standard Frames only |
| Enhanced Tables | Yes | No |
| Multimedia |
| AVI support | Yes (via Plug in) | Yes (via Plug in) |
| Background Sound | Yes | Yes |
| Animated GIFs | Yes | Yes |
| Audio Formats | WAV, MIDI, AIFF, AU | WAV, MIDI, AIFF, AU |
| QuickTime video support | Yes - via Plug in | Yes - via Plug in |
| MPEG video/audio playback | Yes - via Plug in | Yes - via Plug in |
| 3D Animation and VRML | Yes - via Plug in | Yes - via Live3D |
| Scripting and Plug-ins |
| Netscape Plug-in support | Yes | Yes |
| JavaScript support | Yes | Yes |
| VBScript support | Yes | No |
| Extensible for new script engines | Yes(1) | No |
| Mail/News |
| SMTP/POP3/MIME support | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple User Logon | Yes | No |
| Integrated with Browser | Yes | Yes |
| Mail Coolbar | Yes(2) | No |
| AutoName resolution | Yes(3) | No |
| Uuencode of attachments | Yes | Yes |
| Inbox Assistant | Yes(4) | No |
| Offline Composition | Yes | No |
| Security |
| NT Login Security | Yes | No |
| Turn off download of "cookies" | Yes | Yes |
| Internet Server Site Certificates | Yes | Yes |
| Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 2.0/3.0 | Yes | Yes |
| Private CommunicationsTechnology
(PCT) Support | Yes(5) | No |
Footnotes
1. Internet Explorer's scripting architecture supports adding other
HTML scripting engines as needed.
2. Toolbar user interface shared with Internet Explorer 3.0.
3. AutoName allows creation of quick email names instead of typing the full Internet address.
4. Inbox Assistant allows creation of custom, automatic filing rules when electronic mail is received.
5. A security protocol proposed by Microsoft that provides additional enhancements over SSL.
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