If you have your computer hooked up to your HD TV and would like to view youtube videos directly from your couch, this is for you.
This is a version of youtube that includes large buttons and easy navigational markers for people to see from far away. If you have Microsoft Media Center, point the built-in browser to this address and enjoy youtube content from your couch.
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I’m not a big fan of AOL’s software other than the IM. That being said, I found the new 10.1 to be much improved over previous offerings. The 9.x and below took up too much space and added too many ‘hidden’ programs that sucked your computer’s resources. If you are one of those people who still can’t be weened from AOL, you know who you are doctors and lawyers, then give 10.1 a try. First off, it is a fairly lightweight program. Once installed it only has one program that runs all the time instead of like five in the previous versions. You won’t find things like ‘Pure Networks Port Magic’ sucking the life out of your system. I find the speed of the browser surprisingly fast but only because they cache graphics and other often accessed resources. The email part is probably the weakest here. It is peppered with giant ads that take away from an otherwise cleanly laid out program. You can import your other online address to this mix and have it all come into the inbox. If this was five years ago, I was technically challenged and colorblind, I would probably use it if I used AOL for dial-up. But it being 2009, I don’t see a real practical use for this other than to check my @aol.com email. If I had such an address I think the geek police would come and revoke my computer privileges…aol keyword NOOB.
get it here at:
http://daol.aol.com/software/desktop
If everyone drove a Volvo, wouldn’t the world be a boring place? Just imagine how many cars you would see on the road if there was a massive recall. The same applies with your browser. After all, it is the true window from which you view the Internet. While Microsoft may lead you to think their built-in Internet Explorer is the only way; there are quite a few browsers out there worth looking into. Here are a few of my current favorites.
Firefox is currently the one I use. I’ve used it since version 0.4, long before it started showing up in universities and on the news. While it has enjoyed many features not found in IE (Internet Explorer), the competition has started taking notice and will be incorporating many of these features in their upcoming version.
Another browser to recently attract a massive following is Opera. A few months ago, they have decided to follow Netscape’s tactics and started to give away their browser without charge or annoying banner pages. One of the features I like about Opera is the zoom feature for viewing sites.
As of this writing, yet another is poised to be a big hit. Flock is based on some leading edge technology in web trends including RSS, blog editor, and web based Favorites/Bookmarks. The later is a favorite of mine since how many times do you ever wish you had a favorite link from your home computer when you’re traveling or on someone else’s machine? This one is still in beta so please use with caution.
The battle between IE and Netscape is over but the war is far from being won.
