Internet Explorer 11.0.27
Users who have already used Internet Explorer 11, note a very high surfing speed and a number of new features, just for the sake of which it is worth updating the browser.
Now on the Internet they don’t joke about the Internet Explorer browser, because it is a direct competitor of leading companies in this segment, such as: Google, Opera, Firefox. In the operating system Windows 8.1 There are two versions of the browser at once. The first version directly interacts with the new, not all convenient, interface Metro UI. But the developers turned out to be prudent and left the usual desktop version of the browser to the delight of many. Naturally, users Windows 7 also get the regular version.
According to the company, there are no differences in browsers for different operating systems; they are completely identical. But for Windows XP, which has been written off a long time ago, there is no update to the latest version of Internet Explorer 11 and there never will be.
What the developers boast about is a significant increase in browser performance, its security and new protection for user data. Internet Explorer 11 has also now added support for WebGL, as well as a number of options for playing video streams without additional plugins. Programmers have not forgotten about support for new CSS and HTML properties.
And here, in fact, is the announced list of new browser features:
- JavaScript script performance has been significantly improved;
- added modern and convenient tools for web developers;
- pinned sites option;
- added option to view in compatibility modes;
- surfing speed has been increased compared to previous versions of Internet Explorer.
The average user, when launching the browser for the first time, is unlikely to feel the speed of the browser in general, however, when it comes to video playback, Internet Explorer 11 has no equal - no slowdowns during playback Full HD Videos from various popular sites were not detected, even on rather weak machines. But in the same notorious Google Chrome Problems of this nature arise much more often.
Compared to previous versions of the browser, the speed of loading images and photos in jpg increased by more than 45%, and memory consumption also decreased by 40%.
The work with javascript has also been significantly redesigned, due to which the browser’s performance has increased many times over. If you believe the tests that Microsoft conducted using WebKit SunSpide, their new browser is significantly superior in all respects to Internet Explorer 10, and is also better than the browsers Opera version 17, Chrome version 30, and also Firefox browser version 25.
You can verify the speed of the browser yourself by using standard SunSpider tests, or by visiting the Microsoft website, which provides tests for any of the new features of Internet Explorer 11.
Independent developers can rejoice, too. Which were given a couple of new tools, including the JavaScript DOM Explorer console, the ability to diagnose computer memory usage, a debugger, a performance test of the scripts involved, and emulation of the browser version. You can use all the developer tools by pressing the key F12.
Now the browser also has a new feature for adding sites to the taskbar. Now those resources that are used most often are located just one click away. You just have to click on the site icon located on the taskbar, and it will immediately open in a new browser window. But to add a site you like to this same taskbar, all you have to do is drag its icon from the address bar to the taskbar.
To change the site icon and make it stand out from the icons of other applications, you can use the menu called “Tools”. In this case, this site will become the browser’s home page, and the icon will change to the house icon, which is located near the “back” button. But Internet Explorer 11 goes even further and “steals” the colors from the icon in order to change the appearance of all the other navigation buttons, and this trick turns out to be very successful, many people like it.
In Internet Explorer 11, as in its previous versions, all new tabs open as new windows. For some it is convenient, for others it will be an unexpected discovery, and for others it will not be to their liking. Therefore, in the settings you can set the tabs familiar to most users in one window.
The function of importing bookmarks from other browsers is very conveniently implemented in the browser; just select the desired browser and press one button, and the tabs will instantly be picked up by Internet Explorer 11. In addition, web pages are also added to “Favorites”, where they can be easily grouped and change, and also export to a file. The log panel was also not ignored; with its help, you can sort all visited sites by dates or frequency of their visits, as well as by the chronology of their viewing per day. There is also a search function, what would you do without it. So now finding a valuable tab that was accidentally closed is not a problem at all. And also, based on the preferences of each browser user, he can select sites similar in topic, which in most cases will be of interest to you and will be visited frequently in the future.
The address bar in the browser is equally smart and supports autocomplete, and also provides possible selections for users from sites that are in the user's favorites or from sites that the user has recently visited.
Managing many tabs at once causes a significant number of users significant problems and reasons for panic and concern. But Internet Explorer 11 is equipped with a smart context menu that allows you to conveniently and quickly close unnecessary or current tabs, and can even create a new group of tabs. Tabs can be either grouped or ungrouped in the future, and you can duplicate them if necessary. You can also place tabs separately from the address bar itself, which is sometimes a very big privilege.
To stop user tracking by various advertising networks, you can enable a feature such as "Do Not Track", which is located in the menu "Instruments". In addition, this function also perfectly saves the user from popping up various targeted ads that no one needs. This option is especially effective if several people use the computer at once.
For the “Do Not Track” option, you can create your own list of addresses in which it will be enabled.
Surely you have encountered problems with your browser displaying a website incorrectly? This happens rarely, but is very annoying. For this problem, Internet Explorer developers have created a special compatibility mode function that helps launch a site that is not optimized for the browser the way it should look from the point of view of the owner of this site. There is a separate button on the panel to enable this function. You can also create your own list of sites on which this function will be enabled by default.
But when it comes to security aspects, Internet Explorer has no equal here. The browser has a built-in blocker for various types of advertising and a filter SmartScreen. With the help of the latter, the transfer of confidential information to so-called phishing sites is prevented, and the downloading and further installation of programs harmful to the system is blocked.
The new Internet Explorer has been tested for performance more than once, and not only by its developers themselves. The results are good, we can’t say that they are head and shoulders above the competition, but they are not worse either.
The general advantages of Internet Explorer 11 are as follows:
Browser availability in more than 90 languages. A clear increase in performance and reduced consumption of system resources. Effectively improve user safety with automatically enabled “Do Not Track” and SmartsScreen functions.
Regarding the disadvantages of Internet Explorer:
Minor roughness of the tab pinning function. Since it does not support the speed dial system, which perfectly reduces the time of access to various sites. Now Internet Explorer has something to be proud of and using it in work today is not at all a shame. No, this is not the best browser in the world, it is different for everyone. However, it is the most excellent candidate for the position of the best browser. Enjoy it for your health! You can download Internet Explorer version 11 from the official Microsoft website http://windows.microsoft.com/uk-ua/internet-explorer/download-ie.
