Elements do load swiftly just not smoothly.Īs for the browser itself: it's a browser. ![]() It's not bad when compared to the PS3's internet browser, but it's no computer version. The browsing itself is a doddle to use and actually reminds us of mobile browsing in both speed (very fast) and clunkiness when scrolling down a page. You can also Pin pages for even faster access, but we'll get on to that later. The other two tags on the IE home screen are Recent and Favourites. If you did use them, you'll now have to sign in again through Internet Explorer and use that platform in future. These will no doubt be dependent on territory and we presume the first two mentioned are so prominently displayed because Microsoft has sneakily removed the dedicated Twitter and Facebook apps from Xbox Live. The front end of the IE app presents featured websites to begin with, including Facebook, Twitter, Sky Sports and a couple of others. You get a choice to have the software block "unsafe websites" before it loads for the first time, but the rest is plain and no-nonsense. In use, the Xbox 360 version of Internet Explorer does seem simplified. Read: Xbox SmartGlass pictures and hands-on Click on it and the new browser software will quickly install. So let's start with the other biggie, Internet Explorer.Īfter downloading the update - which took about three to four minutes on a 50-meg broadband connection - the first place you should head over to is the apps section, where you will no doubt see a mighty "e" staring down at you. ![]() However, the latter won't come into play until Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 are both released on 26 October, so we can't find out any more about its talents until then - any more than we already discovered at E3 in June, that is.
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