Windows 8.1 Plain & Simple

Chapter 8. Going online with Internet Explorer 11

In this section:

• Exploring the Internet Explorer 11 app

• Navigating among websites

• Searching on a page

• Searching with Suggestions

• Creating tabs

• Clearing your history

• Marking and accessing a favorite

• Pinning a site to the Start screen

• Starting a new InPrivate session

• Switch to Internet Explorer on the desktop

• Explore the Internet Explorer desktop app

Internet Explorer is Microsoft’s web browser. You use a browser to navigate around the Internet, the worldwide network of computers that makes up the World Wide Web.

Windows 8.1 includes a tile on the Start screen for the new Internet Explorer 11 app (IE 11). This app is optimized for the Windows 8.1 interface, including the ability to use it with a touchscreen computing ...