Internet Explorer 9 hasn’t even been live for a month and already Microsoft is preparing the way for its successor: IE10. The company released a developer preview of the browser, which it showed off for the first time at its MIX 11 conference yesterday.
Like its predecessor, IE10 is being designed for HTML5 and built with full hardware acceleration. In the words of Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Internet Explorer, it’s intended to make sites feel and run more like native applications than Web pages. Little wonder industry observers expect IE10 to be the browser Microsoft includes in Windows 8 when it finally ships.
Welcome to the Platform Preview
The Platform Preview is an early look at the Internet Explorer platform so some features are incomplete, some may change, and some may be added. To learn more about this preview of the Web Platform, please see the Internet Explorer 10 Developer Guide. These release notes list new features available in the latest Platform Preview and known issues with those features. To report issues, and provide feedback please click on Report Issue and click Send Feedback.
What’s New in Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1
Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1 is the first public preview of the IE10 web platform. In this release, we are showcasing support for CSS3 Flexbox, CSS3 Grid Alignment, CSS3 Multi-column, CSS3 Gradients on background-images and ECMAScript5 Strict Mode.
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