Internet Explorer 10 sites to pin to your Windows 8 or Windows RT start screen

As you may be aware, Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 and Windows RT has been built from the ground up to have excellent support for touch. Internet Explorer 10 apps run full screen, giving every pixel to the website which helps to really let the content shine through. This, coupled with the ability to pin websites to your start screen, means that many websites can be used in much the same way as you use apps – launch them from your start screen, use them with touch and see them full screen. In fact, when you’re using these sites you are likely to very quickly forget that you’re using the web at all, it just feels like you’re using another app.

I thought it worth highlighting a few sites that I have pinned to my start screen that I think are really useful whether you’re using Windows 8 or Windows RT.

Note here that I’m talking about running these in the Windows 8 UI version of Internet Explorer 10, not the desktop version. To pin these just open the web address in Internet Explorer 10 from your start screen, then press the “pin” icon. You can then drag them around your start screen as you see fit.

Site name	Web address	Comment
Contre Jour	www.contrejour.ie	Beautiful touch-based game that has been developed for the web. The iOS app has won a number of awards including the iPad game of the year last year. Play it here for free on Windows 8 or Windows RT
Pulse	www.pulse.me	Another popular iOS and Android app, Pulse is a very cool aggregator, pulling information from across the web in an easy-to-read style. This web-based version has been especially designed for touch and is a joy to use – try the pinch gesture to see a semantic zoom for example, amazing in a web site.
Atari Arcade	http://atari.com/arcade	Yet another amazing touch-based website. Play a host of classic Atari games, reimagined for the web and designed for touch. Great fun
BBC iPlayer	www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer	As Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 and Windows RT has special support for Flash on major sites, you’ll find that you can happily stream BBC iPlayer content (if you’re in the UK) even without installing a plug-in or an app
ITV Player	www.itv.com/itvplayer	And as per the BBC, you can stream ITV content too
Pixlr	http://pixlr.com/editor	Looking for a sophisticated photo editing app on Windows 8 or Windows RT? Look no further than pixlr, a flash-based editor that works fine using the special Flash support built into the operating system
MSN	www.msn.co.uk	The MSN site has been redesigned for Windows 8 and is a joy to use with touch. Great looking content, easy to access and use
Sumon	www.ludei.com/sumon	This HTML5 game is designed for touch and works really well on Windows 8 and Windows RT
TV Listings	www.tvguide.co.uk	I really like the way this site presents UK TV listings and it’s well  worth a pin. I use it with touch without a problem, perfect for use on the sofa
IMDB	www.imdb.com	Another sofa favourite is IMDB, the site looks beautiful in Internet Explorer 10, loads quickly and is easy to use. Another worthwhile pin