How do I disable split screen for opening links?

Just wanted to add another voice to this request.

Its seems pretty obvious that whether or not to automatically go split screen should be a user-configurable option.

Please give us that option!

I am running Win 8.1 on a TABLET.  I have about 9 inches of screen real estate to work with.

If I click a link in, say, the Mail app, it will launch IE in 50/50 mode with the existing mail app (which then rearranges itself to only show the single message I was looking at).

This is not at all helpful.  This gives me a four inch web browser, which isn't big enough to see clearly at all.  The controls are all too close together to operate by touch, etc.  I am then forced to manually drag to expand the IE window to full screen.  Unfortunately, the control to do this is also rather small, and I usually miss the first two times.  It typically takes me about 10-15 seconds between clicking a link in email and being able to read the corresponding web page.

Windows 8 handled this correctly.  I would like to revert to the behavior of always opening apps in full screen mode.  How can I accomplish this?

I know it should be possible.  If I hold the tablet in portrait mode, the annoying split window thing does not happen.  (It's not natural for me to hold it this way all the time.)

Is there a registry setting or something for "Always open new apps in full screen mode"?

Once again, can someone at Microsoft give us a solution to this problem?  Automatically splitting the screen on small touchscreens is VERY counterproductive.  We have been waiting for a proper solution for 8 1/2 months!

oops...made a mistake... sorry...

do not check the checkbox option 'open ie tiles on the desktop'

then you don't have to keep ie full screen and minimized....

MS needs to fix this split screen BS.  Let the user choose how the interface behaves...

my current work-around for this annoying issue

go to control panel

go to internet options

go to programs tab

under opening internet explorer choose 'always in ie on the desktop'

also check the checkbox option direct below that 'open ie tiles on the desktop'

keep ie full screen on the desktop but minimized to the task bar when not in use

then clicking a link in metro windows mail will open that link full screen in ie on the desktop.

If not Microsoft, at least some third party app. I would pay to be able to turn off split screen..