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On Thu, 27 Apr 1995, Jeff Rose wrote:

> AOL has released a beta multimedia Windows version, 2.5, along with an
> *integrated* Web browser. If you're on AOL, use the keyword "AOL preview" to
> read about it and download. While I missed some features of other browsers,
> it nonetheless is impressive: it seems to respond quickly and has a unique
> AOL look to it, not just another generic browser. In addition, version 2.5
> integrates sound and video capability into the rest of AOL. Now if they
> would just announce a price plan competitive with CompuServe and Prodigy ...

Lots of other features have been put into the client as well, but other 
than the ones mentioned above, the ability to download in the background 
is a biggy (I know, all of us SLIP/PPP users take this for granted, but..).
Also, they appear poised to offer "Flash Newsgroups" (the ability to pull 
newsgroup messages and read offline).

For those that download the preview, I'd encourage you to go to Keyword:
MM SHOWCASE for some examples of how they've integrated animatation, 
sound and video into the client.  Once the "wow" effect wears off, you 
can still see quite a few practical uses of these features.  Still, the 
"eye" on the main Multimedia Showcase screen is downright spooky.

As for the browser, they've done some nice integration with services they 
offer.  As an example, check out Keyword: DELL .  That takes you to the 
Dell Web browser but the WWW browser changes slightly (the window becomes 
slightly smaller) and icons for the Dell Message boards on AOL and the 
Dell file libraries (also on AOL) appear.  

I'm pretty sure that most of the multimedia features and the browser 
integration are only available on the Windows beta client...

Robert Seidman
robert@clark.net




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