What's the point of having two versions of Internet Explorer 11 within Windows 8.1?
Its a good question, and one that Microsoft executives say they havent completely solved. Dean Hachamovich, the corporate vice president in charge of Internet Explorer, said that the browserwhich appears on both the desktop and Start screen, but in different formsis bifurcated to satisfy two different sets of users.
One IE engine does all this wicked-fast, cool stuff, Hachamovich said Wednesday during Microsofts Build 2013 conference in San Francisco. Why two? Some people live in the desktop for some activities, and we want to make sure when youre in Windows you have good experiences, he said.
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