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Hypo · 10-20-2001, 01:40 AM

Someone told me her browser opens to the basic AOL opening screen setup. Does AOL have a different browser? What's the url to their homepage?

RedShoe · 10-20-2001, 02:53 AM

I think it's www.AOL.com/members/setup but click on it to find out. If you have AOL, it should take you to the setup screen, If not it will default to the main page with instructions.

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MindWaste · 10-20-2001, 03:52 AM

The AOL browser opens at what ever your home page is set to in explorer... You can also set the AOL browser to be opened as defualt instead of explorer or which ever you use.

So if you hit a link somewhere other then in another browser, like a program or from a local file, it will open aol's browser instead.

Is that what ya were asking?

Hypo · 10-20-2001, 05:05 AM

No, I meant which is the default homepage for AOL users. So if someone has AOL, I assume the IE homepage is also set to some AOL page? Or if not, in the AOL browser which is the default homepage?

MindWaste · 10-20-2001, 05:17 AM

Explorer is the default homepage. AOL uses explorer for alot of stuff like that. Do you have AOL.. You can see What I mean..

Go to Prefrences and Then WWW. It will Pop up the Explorer Internet Prefrences Window and just use it instead of having a seperate page for itself.

Alot of little things are like that but thats AOL trying to stay away from conflicts between the two. Even though AOL causes alot of conflicts anyways.

Hypo · 10-20-2001, 05:56 AM

Well, someone told me (and I cant contact her now for a week), that her browser opens to the "basic AOL opening screen setup" . What might she mean by that? Any url or something else? That's her homepage I understand. I dont have AOL myself.

MindWaste · 10-20-2001, 07:02 AM

Like the AOL start page?? AOL.com??

I dont know what opening screen setup is. Your gonna have to wait to ask her next time ya get in touch with her. I dunno..

titmowse · 10-20-2001, 07:16 AM

tell her AOL is evil...make her join the bright side now!!!!

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Hypo · 10-20-2001, 09:05 AM

Alright, thanks everyone! Personally though, I prefer the darker side.

GiggleBerries · 10-20-2001, 09:12 AM

Aww, come on guys. It's so EASY to use.....NO WONDER IT'S #1!! When I use it, I feel like I'm actually part of a community!

"You've got mail!"

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JackFoley · 10-20-2001, 10:40 AM

AOL has a default screen that can never be closed (only minimized) which loads every time you run AOL. It has the latest news headlines, weather, etc., all the things you would expect from a startup page. It's a lot like that annoying window that pops up every time you start ICQ, alerting you of their newest Britney Spears community or whatever.

The AOL browser is very similar to Internet Explorer, except some JavaScript doesn't run properly in it (like bookmarking pages or blur consoles for pop-unders), and stuff like mailto: links don't work because AOL has proprietary e-mail. But if you click the "home" button it will take you to the homepage you have set in IE, which I think by default is AOL.com.

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Hypo · 10-20-2001, 10:46 AM

That just might be it! Any idea of the url of that page? I know it would not be visible as in the address bar of IE, but maybe you can see somewhere?

JackFoley · 10-20-2001, 10:49 AM

I have no idea... it's not really a browser window that pops up, there aren't any back or forward buttons or anything like that, it's just a little window that has links and graphics and all kinds of crap. I don't have AOL but I've used it enough times to know how it works. Maybe you should download a free trial and check it out?

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Clownbarf · 10-20-2001, 12:47 PM

That AOL homepage has to be the worst of all news / ISP homepages out there. It pretty much serves no purpose but to sell ads. And who the hell still formats for 640 x 480?

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JackFoley · 10-20-2001, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Clownbarf:
And who the hell still formats for 640 x 480?

AOL users!

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Hypo · 10-21-2001, 01:25 AM

This is what someone tells me. Looks like he's using the AOL browser - is it the popup screen or something else? How could he hide the news etc? Any idea what exactly this is -

The VERY top orange bar said "America Online" in the upper left.
Below that it has AOL options File, Edit Window Sign Off, Help
Below that are categorioes like email Read, Write,and other basic AOL
functions and services.
Below that is a line to type URLs in.
Below that is kind of a big void. It USED to have AOL's news of the day, etc,
but I hid that.

titmowse · 10-21-2001, 01:42 AM

tell your friend when she connects to AOHELL, that after the AOHELL homepage/portal thingy pops up, minimize it to the system tray and double-click that big, giant E on the desktop.

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10-20-2001, 01:40 AM	#1
Hypo So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,104	Basic AOL setup page? Someone told me her browser opens to the basic AOL opening screen setup. Does AOL have a different browser? What's the url to their homepage?

10-20-2001, 02:53 AM	#2
RedShoe 赤い靴 call me 202-456-1111 Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: The Valley Posts: 14,831	I think it's www.AOL.com/members/setup but click on it to find out. If you have AOL, it should take you to the setup screen, If not it will default to the main page with instructions. ------------------ <A HREF="http://bootybone.com" TARGET=_blank>RedShoe is: </A> BoneProne Family Member

10-20-2001, 03:52 AM	#3
MindWaste Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tac Town Posts: 3,662	The AOL browser opens at what ever your home page is set to in explorer... You can also set the AOL browser to be opened as defualt instead of explorer or which ever you use. So if you hit a link somewhere other then in another browser, like a program or from a local file, it will open aol's browser instead. Is that what ya were asking?

10-20-2001, 05:05 AM	#4
Hypo So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,104	No, I meant which is the default homepage for AOL users. So if someone has AOL, I assume the IE homepage is also set to some AOL page? Or if not, in the AOL browser which is the default homepage?

10-20-2001, 05:17 AM	#5
MindWaste Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tac Town Posts: 3,662	Explorer is the default homepage. AOL uses explorer for alot of stuff like that. Do you have AOL.. You can see What I mean.. Go to Prefrences and Then WWW. It will Pop up the Explorer Internet Prefrences Window and just use it instead of having a seperate page for itself. Alot of little things are like that but thats AOL trying to stay away from conflicts between the two. Even though AOL causes alot of conflicts anyways.

10-20-2001, 05:56 AM	#6
Hypo So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,104	Well, someone told me (and I cant contact her now for a week), that her browser opens to the "basic AOL opening screen setup" . What might she mean by that? Any url or something else? That's her homepage I understand. I dont have AOL myself.

10-20-2001, 07:02 AM	#7
MindWaste Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tac Town Posts: 3,662	Like the AOL start page?? AOL.com?? I dont know what opening screen setup is. Your gonna have to wait to ask her next time ya get in touch with her. I dunno..

10-20-2001, 07:16 AM	#8
titmowse Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: TEXAS Posts: 5,320	tell her AOL is evil...make her join the bright side now!!!! love, ------------------ tit, writer for: COZYFROG Submit your Free site, TGP or TGP2 gallery to the MowseBytes Newsletter BONEPRONE 4 LIFE

10-20-2001, 09:05 AM	#9
Hypo So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,104	Alright, thanks everyone! Personally though, I prefer the darker side.

10-20-2001, 09:12 AM	#10
GiggleBerries Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The pay phone outside the 7-11 Posts: 357	Aww, come on guys. It's so EASY to use.....NO WONDER IT'S #1!! When I use it, I feel like I'm actually part of a community! "You've got mail!" bwaaaaahahahahaha ------------------ Dot Matrix TGP System GiggleBerries.com TGP Russian TGP Submitter

10-20-2001, 10:40 AM	#11
JackFoley Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Pac-land Posts: 858	AOL has a default screen that can never be closed (only minimized) which loads every time you run AOL. It has the latest news headlines, weather, etc., all the things you would expect from a startup page. It's a lot like that annoying window that pops up every time you start ICQ, alerting you of their newest Britney Spears community or whatever. The AOL browser is very similar to Internet Explorer, except some JavaScript doesn't run properly in it (like bookmarking pages or blur consoles for pop-unders), and stuff like mailto: links don't work because AOL has proprietary e-mail. But if you click the "home" button it will take you to the homepage you have set in IE, which I think by default is AOL.com. ------------------ Plenty of wheat to go around.

10-20-2001, 10:46 AM	#12
Hypo So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,104	That just might be it! Any idea of the url of that page? I know it would not be visible as in the address bar of IE, but maybe you can see somewhere?

10-20-2001, 10:49 AM	#13
JackFoley Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Pac-land Posts: 858	I have no idea... it's not really a browser window that pops up, there aren't any back or forward buttons or anything like that, it's just a little window that has links and graphics and all kinds of crap. I don't have AOL but I've used it enough times to know how it works. Maybe you should download a free trial and check it out? ------------------ Plenty of wheat to go around.

10-20-2001, 12:47 PM	#14
Clownbarf Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 283	That AOL homepage has to be the worst of all news / ISP homepages out there. It pretty much serves no purpose but to sell ads. And who the hell still formats for 640 x 480? ------------------ Up to $1.15 for an email

10-21-2001, 01:25 AM	#16
Hypo So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,104	This is what someone tells me. Looks like he's using the AOL browser - is it the popup screen or something else? How could he hide the news etc? Any idea what exactly this is - The VERY top orange bar said "America Online" in the upper left. Below that it has AOL options File, Edit Window Sign Off, Help Below that are categorioes like email Read, Write,and other basic AOL functions and services. Below that is a line to type URLs in. Below that is kind of a big void. It USED to have AOL's news of the day, etc, but I hid that.

10-21-2001, 01:42 AM	#17
titmowse Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: TEXAS Posts: 5,320	tell your friend when she connects to AOHELL, that after the AOHELL homepage/portal thingy pops up, minimize it to the system tray and double-click that big, giant E on the desktop. love ------------------ tit, writer for: COZYFROG Submit your Free site, TGP or TGP2 gallery to the MowseBytes Newsletter BONEPRONE 4 LIFE