Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer is one of the most popular Web browser. It is a product of Microsoft. It is also known as Windows Internet Explorer and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It is also called IE or MISE in short terms. It was first released in 1995. IE is exceptionally widespread and everyone has used some of its version probably. It’s included in all versions of Microsoft Windows operating system and you don’t have to install it separately (unless you plan to update to later version).

Internet Explorer features:

Accelerator

Accelerator is very handy if you are aware of it. It takes you to specified sites just by right clicking or highlighting text. If you highlight a word and right click on it, you will see different services like translate and search for that word. However, Windows Live and Bing services are preferred by default that are owned by Microsoft.

Web Slices

Web Slices is a more likely to RSS services. It keeps tracking your selected sites and keeps you updated when there happens some new activity. It’s quite handy as you don’t have to visit websites again and again to see if there happens something new.

Suggested Sites

Suggested Sites is an interesting feature in IE. It examines your browsing history and suggests you related new sites that you many have known yet.

Tabbed Browsing

Tabbed browsing makes it easy to open various pages and switch between them. It saves your time and enhances productivity capacity.

Security

Internet Explorer claims to be most secure web browser. It has many security measures. You can configure them according to your needs. You can add websites to trusted sites list and restrict any website just by putting URL to block that one. You can undo/edit these settings anytime.

Privacy

IE allows you remove browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, passwords, cookies, cache files and InPrivate Filtering data to remove privacy tracks. InPrivate browsing is another nice feature to surf the web privately and without leaving any security track left behind.

Toolbar Search

Search the stuff right from IE toolbar. Type the word or phrase you want to search. Bing is default search engine in IE but you can add more yourself. IE also suggest most popular and secured search engines. You can select one or more and add to Internet Explorer.

Manage Favorite Sites

Manage your favorite Web sites easily. You can add, organize, customize, import, export and delete favorite sites and feeds.

Popup Blocker

IE popup blocker helps you get rid of annoying popups and focus on surfing the web.

Add-ons

Internet Explorer has a lot of add-ons to make browsing even better and easier. IEGallery contains various add-ons with categories such as videos, audios, social, news, shopping, travel, utilities etc.

Content Control

Internet Explorer empowers you with strict content control options. Parental Controls lets you control what can be viewed and what to prohibit. It’s very nice feature to keep your children safe from unwanted websites and contents. Content Advisor helps you select the content by viewing ratings for each.

Summary

Internet Explorer is pre-installed software in all versions of Microsoft Windows. You don’t need to install it manually unless you want to upgrade to a new version. It’s powered by Microsoft and ranked in top 3 browsers for years. It’s safe and protects against malware and scams. It’s free and works fine.