
You can either choose the recommended settings or opt-out and customize the settings your own way. The first thing that happens when you open the browser is a window pops up prompting you to properly set it up. In order to get to Internet Explorer, you'll need to search for it in the task bar. Edge is the default browser that will come up when you first use the internet on the Windows OS. The little blue 'e' that you'll see in your taskbar isn't Explorer though, it's Microsoft Edge, the newest browser from Microsoft that was first released in 2015. On Windows 10, the most recent version of the browser is Internet Explorer 11. If you have a computer running the Windows OS, you more than likely have a version of Internet Explorer already installed.

As for security, Internet Explorer 8 includes the so-called SmartScreen filter, which prevents you from entering fraudulent websites and protects you from online phishing scams.The most streamlined browser for the casual internet user While InPrivate Browsing is on, the browser won't save data, including cookies, history and temporary Internet files. Internet Explorer 8 includes InPrivate Browsing, Internet Explorer's version of the popular Chrome Incognito mode. Besides that, everything else is in place: the address bar is again on top of the interface, and Favorites are accessible via a drop-down menu. The interface of Internet Explorer 8 hasn't changed that much compared to older versions, except for one small detail the menu bar is back and shows up by default again. One of them, the ' Suggested sites' function, recommends new websites you may not know about, based on your browsing history. It comes in really handy for tracking small changes that can't be followed by RSS, without having to visit the site: online auction bids, stock exchange values, weather information and more.īesides these two tools, Internet Explorer 8 also includes many interesting new features.


Regarding Internet Explorer's Web Slices, these are a kind of RSS-style tool that tracks changes and updates to selected websites and keeps you informed about them.
