13th December 1996

Is MSIE not launching as fast as it used to launch? Try clearing the "cache" or "Temporary Internet Files." However, don't do it from within MSIE--rather, go to that directory via the Explorer! When you are in that folder, select all (hit Ctrl-A) and then delete everything. This will clear out a lot of junk which is slowing you down. Another thing--get the latest TweakUI (URL above) and have it clear the history folder on every startup. Yet ANOTHER thing--keep yr MSIE disk cache percentage low. My recommended setting is at 5% of your drive.

Gil Varod (pinacolada@iop.com) wrote me this week and told me that in MSIE 3.0 it is possible to get a full screen browser w/o any menu items or bars in the way (Kiosk Mode). The following is from his informative e-mail message:

Go to the Start Button --> Run. Type in the following: 'iexplore.exe -k'. If that doesn't work, try typing in the full path where MSIE 3.0 is located (putting a '-k' at the end of it).

So how are you going to be able to go where you want? Either have a really good start up page or try these keyboard shortcuts:

Back & Forward: Alt+Left Arrow & Alt+Right Arrow Stop: Esc Reload Page: F5 Open URL: Ctrl+O Open Favorites: Open URL "shell:favorites" New Window: Ctrl+N Switch Windows: Alt+Tab Start Menu: Ctrl+Esc Select All: Ctrl+A Copy: Ctrl+C Cut: Ctrl+X Paste: Ctrl+V Print: Ctrl+P