This article describes how pages function differently in Windows 8 between the familiar Internet Explorer for the desktop and Internet Explorer in the new Windows UI. Windows 8 provides two browsing experiences with Internet Explorer 10, the familiar desktop browsing experience and the new Windows 8 browsing experience. Both experiences use the same underlying components from the network stack and
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