This way, users won't have to remember to update their browsers for the latest security and performance upgrades. Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 takes a page out of Google's play book and adds automatic updating. This will help prevent viruses or hackers from gaining access to your files, even if IE has been compromised. There will be specific pop-ups that will ask for permission to access part of the OS that a browser typically doesn't require. The main security addition to Internet Explorer 10 Preview is 'Enhanced Protected Mode,' which will lock down parts of the Windows operating system, preventing the browser from accessing the OS. IE has been very weak in the security department and Microsoft hopes to change this with Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7. Microsoft has done a great job of making Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 a speedy browser. It is slightly faster than IE 9 and much faster than IE 8. In our HTML5 benchmarks, Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 fell behind both Chrome and Opera but beat out Firefox. Microsoft even partnered with Atari and Contre Jour to show off the power of Internet Explorer 10.

The browser definitely feels a lot snappier than previous versions and puts it on par with competitors like Firefox and Chrome. Microsoft has included support for web standards like CSS animations, HTML5 spell checking, and improved JavaScript performance. Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is the quickest version of the browser yet. The options menu is still there for the more technically inclined but it hasn't received any update. Users can get to all of the options from the little gear icon on the top right. Menus have been simplified and the menu bar is still hidden by default. If you have a lot of tabs open, the interface can look a bit cluttered. Tabs and the address bar share the same space. The forward and back buttons are integrated into the window, making the look of Internet Explorer 10 Preview more seamless. The interface of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 has changed only a little. Still, there are plenty of interface and upgrades under the hood. While Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8 lives a double life as a touch-based and desktop browser, Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 only presents the desktop version of IE 10.

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