Internet Explorer & Sbc Yahoo Browser   

This might be a stupid question to some people...but I just don't know,so 
came here to ask.
Can you use more than one browser?
I had Internet explorer (which I still have and use sometimes)
And got a new server(Sbc Yahoo dsl)
I have sbcyahoo browser too.
Can I switch between them?
Can I use them at the same time with different windows?
Hope I'm making myself clear.
Thanks

date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 21:42:02 -0800   author:   auntiem

Re: Internet Explorer & Sbc Yahoo Browser   

I see no reason why not, of course you can't have both set as the default 
browser but you can choose which it is (I hope).

You do need IE to access the windows update site, which you should do 
regularly unless you have automatic updates turned on. If the Yahoo one is 
based on IE (some are and some based on the Netscape browser) it might work 
for windows update too, but others probably won't.

You can visit www.charlietame.org and the bottom of the page will tell you 
what your browsers sends to a website to identify itself.

This is what IE6 sends...

You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 
NT 5.2; SV1; SALT 1.0.50414.1 0111 Developer; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; 
..NET CLR 2.0.50727)

And this is what Firefox sends

 You are using Netscape 5.0 (Windows; en-US)

As you can see they are quite different.

Charlie

"auntiem"  wrote in message 
news:5AC1E1DA-4FC7-4162-9775-257935C896D9@microsoft.com...
> This might be a stupid question to some people...but I just don't know,so
> came here to ask.
> Can you use more than one browser?
> I had Internet explorer (which I still have and use sometimes)
> And got a new server(Sbc Yahoo dsl)
> I have sbcyahoo browser too.
> Can I switch between them?
> Can I use them at the same time with different windows?
> Hope I'm making myself clear.
> Thanks

date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 00:24:29 -0600   author:   Charlie Tame

Re: Internet Explorer & Sbc Yahoo Browser   

On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 21:42:02 -0800, auntiem wrote:

> This might be a stupid question to some people...but I just don't know,so 
> came here to ask.
> Can you use more than one browser?
> I had Internet explorer (which I still have and use sometimes)
> And got a new server(Sbc Yahoo dsl)
> I have sbcyahoo browser too.
> Can I switch between them?
> Can I use them at the same time with different windows?
> Hope I'm making myself clear.
> Thanks

Yes, and I have Mozilla Firefox 1.5 as my default browser, plus Moziall
1.7.12, Opera 8.51, and even Netscape 7.2 (which never gets used); but...

The SBC Yahoo! Browser is just a branded version of MS Internet Explorer.
Has some extra bells and whistles, but Yahoo! can track your surfing
habits. Even if you don't go to the SBC Yahoo! portal to start surfing.

Out of reflexive habit, I have never installed ISP software on my computer.
And I have SBC Yahoo! DSL Service. BTW, do you know that our ISP has a new,
official name as of Jan. 1?  AT&T Yahoo! HSI.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143952
http://www.sbc.com/gen/general?pid=7582

-- 
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 03:18:58 -0800   author:   N. Miller