Windows 7 Made Simple

Getting Started with Internet Explorer

All browsers are not the same, but if you learn the basics of one, you can easily pick up any of the others. Internet Explorer was for a long time the most-used browser worldwide, but other browsers are eating away at IE's market share with new features and improvements. There are still some technical differences between browsers, so programs and web sites can be designed to work best with a particular browser. This is why you will sometimes see banners on web sites that say “Best viewed with Internet Explorer.” Fortunately, this occurs less frequently than it used to because the competing browsers are keeping up with each other's technologies—and the public doesn't like being forced to use a particular ...