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Re:Only 90s web developers remember this (2014) by p2p_astroturf on Sunday November 21, 2021 @12:55PM (#29298184)
> It had Active Desktop. It had Channels.

I remember playing with Active Dekstop as a kid, but what were channels?

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Re:Only 90s web developers remember this (2014) by chungy on Sunday November 21, 2021 @01:15PM (#29298346)
Basically widgets you could place on your Windows 98 desktop; could be used for weather, stocks, news, whatever.

Probably best-known for being the default ad deployment on the Windows 98 desktop.

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