Controlling Internet Explorer Start screen tile behavior
By default, when you open those web links, they open in the
touch-optimized Internet Explorer. As discussed previously, you might
want to provide your organization with a consistent web browsing
experience by adopting one variation of Internet Explorer. If this is
the case, follow these steps so that Internet Explorer Start screen
tiles open in the desktop variation:
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From Internet Explorer for the desktop, press Alt+X.
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On the Internet Options page, choose the Programs tab.
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In the Choose How You Open Your Links section of the Programs tab,
select the Open Internet Explorer Tiles On The Desktop check box, as
shown in Figure 7.
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Tap or click OK until you’re back at your webpage.
You need to be aware of another option when using the
touch-optimized Internet Explorer. If you are browsing the web with
Internet Explorer but having trouble with content rendering, you can
switch to Internet Explorer for the desktop.
To switch to Internet Explorer for the desktop, complete the following steps:
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After the page is loaded into Internet Explorer, tap or click the wrench icon at the bottom of the window.
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Choose View On The Desktop from the shortcut menu (Figure 8).
Configuring Internet Explorer 10 (touch optimized)
The touch-optimized Internet Explorer 10 offers just a few
configuration options. Whereas the desktop variation has a multitude of
settings that can be tweaked, the touch-optimized edition is simple;
however, as a result, some flexibility is lost.
Access the settings for Internet Explorer by opening Internet Explorer from the Start screen and then choosing the Settings charm. When the Settings sidebar appears, tap Internet Options to access Internet Explorer Settings, as shown in Figure 9.
Here’s a look at these settings:
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Delete Browsing History
You can delete your browsing history by selecting this setting.
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Permissions
You can control
whether your physical location is tracked. Because Windows 8 is an
operating system intended to support a wide variety of devices,
including tablets, the location questions in this section make sense.
With a mobile device, location services
become more important. However, for privacy reasons, you might want to
disable sites’ ability to ask for location. Move the slider to Off to
disable tracking and reporting your physical location. If you’ve
already authorized certain sites to track your location, you can clear
these authorizations by tapping the Clear button.
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Zoom
You can modify the zoom factor for content rendered in Internet Explorer.
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Flip Ahead
You can make
multipage-view websites easier to view. Many websites improve page
views by breaking up articles into many parts and require you to flip
through each part to read the full article. The Internet Explorer Flip
Ahead feature is intended to make flipping through these articles
faster. When Internet Explorer detects navigation links that indicate a
multipart article, you can flip to the next page by swiping a finger
rather than by tapping a link.
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Encoding
If webpages aren’t
displaying correctly, you might need to use a different encoding
method, particularly if you are viewing foreign-language sites.
For the touch-optimized Internet Explorer, these are the
settings that can be directly configured to modify the browsing
experience.
