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Because .NET code can be deployed over the Web, you can host WinForms controls in Internet Explorer as well as launch NTD applications using URLs. NTD applications combine the best of the HTML deployment model and the Windows Forms UI development model, without the baggage of HTML UI limitations. Especially for the Intranet zone, where you get to dictate the client-side configuration, there's no need to restrict yourself to the limitations of the Microsoft HTML runtime (that is, Internet Explorer). Instead, you can move up to the Microsoft .NET runtime, which has been designed to build and deploy your applications in a whole new way.