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  • Re: Lively Wallpaper... Active Desktop

    From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Friday, June 26, 2026 20:02:14
    On 6/26/2026 12:07 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

    How can anyone forget IE 4.0's Active Desktop?

    Was it Win98 (before I cry for Google Search)?!

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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Friday, June 26, 2026 20:21:20
    On 6/26/2026 8:15 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
    Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    How can anyone forget IE 4.0's Active Desktop?

    Was it Win98 (before I cry for Google Search)?!

    I think it started with Win95/WinNT4, maybe it lasted until Win98/Win2K/WinXP?
    Never ever used it, Meister Burns.

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  • From ....winston@3:633/10 to All on Friday, June 26, 2026 11:27:06
    On 06/26/2026 8:15 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
    Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    How can anyone forget IE 4.0's Active Desktop?

    Was it Win98 (before I cry for Google Search)?!

    I think it started with Win95/WinNT4, maybe it lasted until Win98/Win2K/ WinXP?



    IE4, initially was released in 1997 and included Outlook Express(OE).
    OE's initial release was also the rebranding(name change) of Internet
    Mail and News.

    Also in 1997 IE4 and Outlook Express also was packaged with MSN Explorer
    2.6.

    Active Desktop(AD) included in IE4(1997) lasted until Windows Vista
    circa 2006 when AD was deprecated, replaced by Windows Sidebar and Gadgets

    IE4/OE/AD were all released during the Win95 era and prior to Windows
    Vista.

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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, June 27, 2026 01:35:27
    On 6/26/2026 11:41 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

    I always prefer to look out of the window to see what the weather's
    like, rather than look at Windows' Widgets.

    Most weather widgets report the overall weather of a big area, not just
    a house's outside weather. In fact, you should look up the definition of weather in high-school geography books.

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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, June 27, 2026 01:36:47
    On 6/26/2026 11:41 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

    I always prefer to look out of the window to see what the weather's
    like, rather than look at Windows' Widgets.

    Google "weather station". ;)

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