You have opened the flood gates to a channel. Now what? Here's where IE4 satisfies the control-nut in all of us. Now you get to customize your channel. That's right. Tweak, tune, and twist the channel to your heart's content. But first, you need to find where IE4 hides all the secret controls.
To open the secret control panel for a channel:
NOTE: Your Subscription window will ONLY display channels that you currently have subscriptions for. If you don't have any channel subscriptions, the Subscription window will be empty.
Remember, the three tabs will ONLY appear if you have a subscription to the channel!
Here's another way to open the channel control panel. This one is a tad speedier.
You can tell IE4 when to update, or open, a channel.
The scheduled update feature is pretty neat. But can you use it? Well, it depends. How are you connected to the Internet? If you are wired to the Net using a network, then you're in luck. You can tell IE4 to fetch information anytime of the day because the door to the Net is always open. Even at 4 AM, IE4 will pull content through the network pipe—without you being around. If you are using a standard modem and phone line to access the Internet, you'll probably use the manual update option. This option lets you update subscribed channels using a few simple clicks. Yes, it means you'll have to hang around IE4 and me to do it. But you've got to be here anyway--to wake up that groggy modem of yours. With the manual option, you can update all your channel subscriptions with a few quick clicks.
If you don't have time to update all your subscribed channels, you can choose to update only one channel. Here's a speedy way to do this:
Channel pages can be quite glitzy. If flashing icons and looping music tracks bug you, then tell IE4 to be a better gatekeeper and not to let this stuff through. To control what type of content is downloaded:
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