Those *other* Browsers!!

"I use AOL.  Yesterday I could see all the Web Sites, even the Java applets, I could hear the music just fine!  Today, I can't hear any music, and I can't see any Lake applets or any other Java applets!!!"

Does the above sound familiar to you?   Okay, 'computing is NOT an exact science', and using AOL is an ADVENTURE!  This means we have to figure out a way to 'beat the system'!  

On the days that our server is doing 'routine maintainence', just before they start, during maintainence, and right after they have 'maintained' the equipment .. there is a high possibility that all web pages will look not quite right!  No problem!!  Just launch another browser, bypassing AOL's browser, and enjoy surfing!!

You CAN use either Microsoft Internet Explorer and/or Netscape even though you are an AOL Member!!   Both are free downloads, so I suggest you go after one or both of them, and install them onto your computer!  

There is just one little thing to remember .. you MUST sign on to AOL before you launch one of the other browsers!

Sign on .. go to your desktop, the task bar, or to Start > Programs to find the icon, then just open it!!  Now go to those Sites and view and hear everything!!

Important note .... AOL is probably the most 'user friendly' method for a beginner to computers and the net to access the net.  This is wonderful .. but .. it has certain 'draw-backs'.  You, as the computer user absolutely MUST take some responsibility about what you see on the net, and how you see it.  It's imperative to keep up with the Windows Updates and Internet Explorer updates from Microsoft.  After all, AOL uses Internet Explorer as the basis for it's own Browser.

Don't forget to click the 'expand' button on the upper right hand corner of your Browser Window, if you don't, then you will never see what all the other folks on the net are seeing.  If you leave the Browser Window at the default size while in the AOL software, you are being cheated of a full screen view of anything.  Just think what you are missing!  It's too sad to linger on that subject.                                         

            HAPPY SURFING!!!

Go to This Page for some tips on how to publish your Lake applets onto your AOL webspace!!!

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