What Is Web View?

Ordinarily, Explorer displays files, folders, and other system objects as icons in a window. You can choose between large and small icons or arrange them in a list or in a column-oriented Details view. A separate Web view option, independent of the icon arrangement you've chosen, enables you to add web-style information panels around the display of icons.

When you open Explorer, you can choose to view the contents of any folder as a web page. When you do, the display changes to resemble the one in Figure 14.1.

Figure 14.1. When you choose Web view, Explorer displays extra information about the current folder and files within it.

The default web page view includes four standard elements:

  • A banner identifies the title of the ...

Get Special Edition Using Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.