Windows® 98 Unleashed

Chapter 4. What's New and Noteworthy in Windows 98

IN THIS CHAPTER

• The Web Comes to the Desktop

• Windows 98 Knows the Internet

• Support for New Hardware Gadgets

• New Windows 98 System Tools

• New Multimedia Bells and Whistles

• Communications and Networking

• Other New Shell and Customization Features

• Making the Move from Windows 3.x

The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.

—Lord Chesterfield

The whole point of this book is to traverse the seldom-seen nooks and crannies of Windows 98. My goal is to shepherd you through ...