Adobe Flash integration Internet Explorer 10 includes a built-in Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft and Adobe worked together to ensure that the version of Adobe Flash included with Internet Explorer 10 does not drain the battery or impact performance in negative ways. Some features that do not work well with touch have also been removed from the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer. However, originally, not all websites can use Adobe Flash in the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer as Microsoft and Adobe maintain a list of approved websites that are, reportedly, video content and some games.
User interface The desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 retains the
user interface (UI) of
Internet Explorer 9 with minor refinements, such as removing
gradients. The
Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 includes a new UI, most of which is hidden so that the webpage being viewed takes up the entire screen. The UI can be revealed by a
right click of the
mouse or by a swipe from the top or bottom edges of a touchscreen. When the UI is shown, the
tabs are listed on the top of the screen, with a small preview of the webpage on each tab. A button to add a new tab is placed in the top-right corner. At the bottom of the screen, the
address bar and navigational buttons are shown. Navigational buttons include the Back button (to navigate to the previous page), the Refresh button (to reload active page), the Pin button (which create a new shortcut tile for the active page on the Start screen), and a wrench-shaped icon, which opens the only
menu of IE10. It contains options such as "View on Desktop", which opens the current webpage on the desktop version of Internet Explorer 10, and "Find on page", which can find a text string (a word, phrase or arbitrary set of letters) in the active page.
Release history ==Discontinued features==