Review and Meet Your New Browser 10.0 Internet Explorer Fans

Today I did a tune up on my computer at home and I upgraded to the new Internet Explorer 10.0 browser. It looks the same, except my menu bar is gone; that’s all I really noticed. My favorite bars were intact and favorites stayed put. Thank goodness! You can just never tell when an upgrade happens if your stuff is all gone. (btw..this is an option in your updates you don’t have to upgrade yet)

Now you ask, what is the benefit of getting new upgrades? For Firefox it’s sometimes necessary to get it to work. Firefox is the most finicky of the browsers and the one we repair the most here at CTG. If you get a change, do that upgrade asap! But for IE, it’s sometimes not a good idea to upgrade, but if you are not in the corporate world, you don’t have too much to worry about.

Here are some of the new features for IE 10.0

Nice addition!

Websites you visit receive a Do Not Track request when you use Internet Explorer 10. To learn more about this setting, including how to turn it off, see More info about Do Not Track. Now this seems like a step in a good direction, we’ll see if it makes the browser less vulnerable to toolbars, add-ons and extras we get bothered by (extensions, junk, etc.). Since I am virus-free, toolbar-free and extension/plug-in free, we will see how well this works.

Spelling Correction 

Finally, without further ado, IE has spelling correction. WOW, how long did that take? I don’t get why that took so long, but whatever. I am a big fan of IE and will be for a long time, so that’s a bonus for me not having to edit everything in Word first, then copying into a website LOL. (Now can they have an auto-save? So if I’m drafting up some big reply in a post and the browser crashes, my work is auto saved???)

Cons

According to PCMag.com, there is no flash installed or built in PDF reader. Boo. Well, I am still using Adobe on my computer so I will live. I update Java as recommended by of course, Oracle (Java).

While I know Chrome is doing a good job of kicking IE’s butt in the browser run for the money, I still have issues with Chrome. Mostly because I do more repairs in that browser due to their lack of security for allowing extensions and add-on’s to be installed automatically. So, if you’re looking for something with a little more security try out the new IE 10.0.

Tags: Do Not Track request, Download the New Internet Explorer, Meet Your New Browser 10.0 Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 to add spell checking, Reviews of IE 10.0, Spelling Correction in IE 10.0

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