Ed Bott - Windows 10 Support Secrets

8 CHAPTER 1 | Getting started with Windows 10 Figure 1-7: Click the small button in the upper left, the one made up of three horizontal lines, to open the menu beneath it. This interface element is common in Universal Windows Platform apps. The Store includes apps that were originally written for Windows 8, which have different user interface conventions. That can be a source of confusion for users. Microsoft Edge One of the most fundamental changes in Windows 10 is a new default web browser, Microsoft Edge. The engineers who developed Edge concentrated on making it work with the web as it exists today, rather than trying to maintain compatibility with older versions, as was the case with Internet Explorer, the default browser in previous Windows versions. Edge has a radically simplified user interface, with large controls that work equally well with a mouse or touch. As you can see from Figure 1-8, you can click the star on the address bar to save a link to a web page as a Favorite, the preferred option for sites you visit regularly, or to a Reading List, which is ideal for making a note of interesting pages you want to visit later.