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| Secure IE seemed to perform well, but a DSL speed test was disappointing. |
As I mentioned earlier, some of my favorite Secure IE features are really downplayed in favor of the product's security and speed features. For example, the Web page shown in Figure A is an excerpt from my revised Web site. Suppose for a moment that I wanted to show someone the new site but couldn't send them to it because it wasn't up yet. Even if the site were up, it's often difficult for someone to look at a Web page and see exactly what you want them to see. In such cases, you could use the highlighter and the sticky-note features to mark up the Web page. Once you've marked up the document, you can use the Save Document As command on the File menu to save the document. The default file format is ZHTM. (ZHTML is a zipped HTML file.) Unlike normal ZIP files, ZHTML files don't require manual decompressing. All you have to do is open a ZHTML file in Secure IE, and the page will be displayed just the way you left it. Zipping the Web page allows items that appear on it, such as graphics, to be saved along with the document. The downside of saving documents in ZHTML format is that only other Secure IE users can open them. If you need to send a Web page to someone who isn't using Secure IE, you can save the page in HTML, URL, or plain text formats. In case you're wondering, the URL format simply saves a link to the page. Tab feature completes the picture
One other useful task you can perform with Secure IE is creating workgroups consisting of multiple Web sites. Notice the tabs just above the address bar. If you right-click an empty spot on the gray space, you'll see a shortcut menu appear. When you select the Browser option from this menu, a new tab will be added to the workspace. Each of these tabs represents a separate Web session. At first, this may not seem much different from the way Internet Explorer allows you to open multiple browser windows, but there's a big advantage: Secure IE actually allows you to save the groupings. Simply use the Save Workspace As command on the File menu to save the current tab configuration, including the Web site loaded within each tab. The next time you want to work with those specific Web sites, you can use the Open Workspace command rather than manually navigating to all those Web sites. Secure IE's easy-to-use security and speed features are its main selling point, but its bonus features, such as the ability to mark up and save Web pages, are also of interest. If you'd like to eliminate annoying pop-ups or take more control of your browsing, Secure IE could be for you.
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A SECURE IE installer???????????????
Is THAT an OXYMORON,or what?????
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