- Power Browsing: All in good fun, AOL serves up a series of "Power Browsing" methods, these include zooming in and out, highlighting links, listing all links on a specific page, mirrors and flips, and even changing to a high contrast version of page, which inverts style sheet!

- Built-in Desktop Search Facility: No more having to download a Google or Yahoo! add-on, new AOL browser comes complete with a built in desktop searching facility which indexes your hard-drive as you are browsing. It's not quite as competent as other desktop search utilities out there, but it gets job done, it finds what you want, and it couldn't be simpler to use.

And what features are still to come?

- AOL Smartbox: Find what you are looking for with this search facility. It will find, navigate and organise your search results for you, to make sure you get only most specific results for your search terms.

- Designer Skins: Completely customise your online experience by customising browser to fit your mood. Choose from a range of AOL designed skins, or make your own. Your browser, your choice!

For more on what AOL Browser beta has to offer, take a look at this page: http://beta.aol.com/aolbrowser/help.html

Could AOL Browser give Firefox an unwelcome challenge, or will it be fogged off like its predecessors? No specific date is set for a full launch, but AOL need to make their move now, whilst there's still a chance.