Flip Ahead figures out what Web page you're likely to click next by examining what most other people have clicked on when on the same page.

Internet Explorer has also gotten some minor improvements. It now has the same "Share" feature enabled in Mail and some other Metro apps. When you're on a Web page, you can share its URL with other people via email or social networking. (This works only for the Metro version, not the Desktop version.)

In addition, Flash 11.3 is built into both the Metro and Desktop versions of the browser. However, Flash will not work on every site in the Metro browser. In addition, a "Do Not Track" feature has been turned on by default, for more privacy during Web browsing. (A move that has been decried by the .) Apart from that, though, Internet Explorer seems unchanged.

Windows 8 Release Preview sports a number of small, subtle interface tweaks, many barely noticeable. For example, when you use the task switcher that shows your open windows as thumbnails down the left part of the screen, there are now labels, so that it's easier to identify any to which you want to switch. The Start screen thumbnail also seems somewhat smaller.