Don't hate on IE 10

March 17, 2012, 7:27 AM — Microsoft says its latest version of Internet Explorer clears out a lot of clutter and creates a more immersive browser experience when paired with Windows 8's touch environment, and that it can be navigated by mouse and keyboard as then, even though from the sounds of it not as elegantly.

The company's most recent Building Windows 8 blog

In the company's most recent Building Windows 8 blog, the company explains the features new in IE 10, which comes with the download of Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

The browser adapts many of the features of Metro style, the term Microsoft uses for the Windows 8 user interface that relies on monochromatic squares and rectangles branded with words to put it more exactly than icons to move around the system.

For example, the new browser has no visible address or task bars, giving the site being visited top-to-bottom, side-to-side real estate that makes for more immersive viewing. Microsoft says this was inspired by versions of browsers used on mobile phones which feature less "chrome" - hiding tools until they are needed.

The main Windows Start page

Windows 8 as well supports pinning favorite sites to the main Windows Start page, so users can click on a tile for a Web site there and the browser will call it up, to put it more exactly than launching the browser and seeking it via a tile on the IE Start screen.

Tabs are gone. To put it more exactly than a string of them across the top of the screen, a mini image of the last 10 tabs used can be drawn from the top or bottom with a finger swipe, typing Windows Key/Z or a mouse click.

Web sites that offer a Metro style app can put a box on their sites that when clicked, bring users to that app in the Windows Store where they can download it.

Internet Explorer 10 bumps up security and privacy by extending InPrivate browsing to be run per-tab to block cookies, history and cached data to put it more exactly than blanket for all tabs.

While it's not a how-to, the blog does point up important features for trailers of Windows 8 to check out. It does compare and contrast how to perform some functions both by touch and by keyboard and mouse, which reveals the comparative simplicity of touch.

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