Browser Settings

The Browser Settings dialog box controls most of the options found within the Active Worlds Browser. From here, you can set your browser options.

To open the Browser Settings box, click on options in the menu bar, then select settings.

This dialog allows you to choose from several different groups of options that can be adjusted:

• General: allows you to adjust various miscellaneous options, including whether the sound is currently enabled, and also your preferred maximum content rating.
• Performance: allows you to adjust several parameters that can affect the performance (or "frame rate") of Active Worlds.
• Disk Usage: allows you to control how much disk space Active Worlds uses to cache 3D art to disk.
• Video: allows you to choose between Direct3D, OpenGL, or software mode for rendering 3D graphics.
• Downloads: allows you to limit the maximum size of certain types of files that are downloaded from the web.
• Privacy: allows you to limit certain types of information that other Active Worlds users can learn about you..
• Chat: allows you to set various options related to avatars and chatting with other users.
• Web: allows you to control how Active Worlds displays web pages.
• Advanced: allows you to adjust certain advanced options, including which message file is currently in use by the Active Worlds browser to display certain text in the correct language.