Non-Security Internet Explorer Improvements

Internet Explorer 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 features that affect users. The remainder of the chapter provides information relevant to managing Internet Explorer in enterprise environments.

User Interface Changes

The Internet Explorer user interface has been redesigned to minimize space required for menus, toolbars, the status bar, and display of Favorites, Feeds, and History. This allows more screen space for the web page itself.

Tabbed Browsing

The introduction of tabbed browsing, as shown in Figure 21-1, allows users to keep several web pages open within ...

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