The tile-based IE shows a single
browser window on your display, without an address bar or tabs opened.
You can display the interface elements using a set of simple gestures.
If you have selected another browser as your
default, Windows 8 disables the tile-based IE10 and displays the
Internet Explorer tile. When you tap the tile, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 launches instead of the tile-based version.
Desktop Internet Explorer tile
To open the tile-based IE10
Open the Start screen, and tap or click the Internet Explorer tile .
The tile-based Internet Explorer tile
To view the tile-based tab thumbnails and address bar
• With the tile-based browser open, swipe down from the top edge of the screen.
• Right-click the open browser.
• Press 
+Z.
The tabs and address bar display .
The tile-based IE10 with tab group and address bar
To view a tab
Tap or click a tab in the tab group.
To open a new tab to a page
1. Tap or click the New Tab button (+) at the top of the window, or press Ctrl+T.
2. Tap or click the address bar.
3. Enter the address into the address bar using either the virtual keyboard or a real one.
Notice that as you enter characters,
tile-based IE offers suggestions of known websites, places you have
visited, and favorites to speed your selection. Once the page opens,
the web page’s favicon (website-specific icon) appears in the address
bar to the left of the URL.
4. Tap or click the Forward button or press Enter.
To close a tab
Tap or click the Close button (X) on the upper-right corner of the tab’s thumbnail.
Up to ten tabs are displayed at a time. As
you open more than ten tabs, the tile-based IE10 closes your old tabs
to make room for the new ones.
To close all tabs
1. Tap or click the Tab Tools button to open the Tab Tools menu.
2. Tap or click Close Tabs .
The Tab Tools menu options
To open a private tab
1. Tap or click the Tab Tools button.
2. Tap or click New InPrivate Tab.
When you select the New InPrivate Tab option ,
the tile-based IE10 opens a browsing session that does not save cookies
and does not permit personal information to be sent to websites.
Microsoft calls this feature Do Not Track (DNT), and it is new to
Windows 8. DNT is also available in Desktop IE10.
Tip
You can always tell if a tab is
InPrivate. It displays a blue InPrivate box on the thumbnail name of
the tab as well as on the left of the address bar.
