Internet Explorer 8 Improvements

Internet Explorer 8 provides improvements to the user interface, browsing capabilities, security, and manageability. The sections that follow provide only a high-level overview of the Internet Explorer 8 features that affect users and IT professionals. The remainder of the chapter provides information relevant to managing Internet Explorer in enterprise environments.

InPrivate Browsing

When users browse the Web, they leave a record of their visits on the local computer. The browser records the visits directly in the history. Pictures are stored on the local disk as part of the browser cache. Words the user types might be recorded so AutoComplete can fill them in later.

Although these records improve performance and ...

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