Special Edition Using Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0

A Web-Oriented Interface

To most personal computer users, the interface they see on the screen is the computer. MS-DOS, which required users to type commands at a C:> prompt, imposed a disheartening learning curve on users trying to handle even simple tasks. The advent of Windows, with its point-and-click interface and pull-down menus, improved computer usability substantially. After a few hours of instruction, even a novice user can learn by simply clicking on Windows icons and pulling down menus.

The explosive growth of the Internet and the rising popularity of web browsers have ushered in a new set of user interface elements: web pages and hyperlinks. With the release of Internet Explorer 4.0, Microsoft has begun merging web browser conventions ...