6. Surfing the Web in Windows 8

In This Chapter

Introducing Internet Explorer

Navigating to Websites

Enhancing Your Browsing

• Sharing and Printing

Surfing the web probably is the most popular activity in Windows, more so perhaps than checking email, and definitely more so than doing work! If you think the same way, you’ll also agree how important it is to like your web surfing tool.

Microsoft thinks it’s important, too, so important that Windows 8 comes with two versions of Internet Explorer. One version is new, reflecting the same look and feel as the rest of Windows 8. The other Internet Explorer is the Desktop version, which is much like the Internet Explorer you are accustomed to using in prior versions of Windows. You’ll most likely ...

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