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Revision as of 19:17, 25 August 2011

Windows Internet Explorer 10
Developer(s)Microsoft Corporation
EngineTrident 6.0
Operating systemWindows 7 or later[1]
TypeWeb browser
LicenseFreeware
Websiteie.microsoft.com/testdrive

Windows Internet Explorer 10 (abbreviated as WIE10) is the next version of Internet Explorer currently being developed by Microsoft, and the successor to Internet Explorer 9. On April 12, 2011, Microsoft Corporation released the first "WIE10 Platform Preview"; it and all subsequent releases will only run on Windows 7 and later.[2][1] It expanded on Internet Explorer 9 functionality in regards to CSS 3 uptake and hardware acceleration.[3] The release, only four weeks after the final release of Internet Explorer 9, has been noted as a fast release cycle in the context of the new browser wars.[4]

History

Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on April 12, 2011 at the MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas.[5] In this conference, Microsoft showcased a demo version of Internet Explorer 10 along with a demo version of Windows 8.[6] On the same day, a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 was released on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Test Drive website.[3] Microsoft announced that it will drop support for Windows Vista. Internet Explorer 9, released a month before this event, had dropped support for Windows XP.[2][1] Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1 supports CSS3 grid layout, CSS3 flexible box layout, CSS3 multi-column layout, CSS3 gradient, and full hardware acceleration.[7][8]

Reviewers' responses to the release of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview were varied. However, all reviewers noted how soon (29 days) after the release of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft is talking about the next version. While Don Reisinger of eWeek listed his requested features for the next version, Michael Muchmore of PC Magazine tested Platform Preview 1's performance and HTML5 support with both Microsoft's and third-parties' test suites. In his test, Platform Preview 1 performed better than Internet Explorer 9 but not always better than the competing web browsers.[9][10]

On version 0.7.5.3 of the ECMAScript standards conformance Test 262,[11] Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 scored 4/10927.[citation needed] Lower scores are better, as the figure represents the number of failed tests out of the total number of tests. This score of only 4 failed tests represented the best ECMAScript conformance score for all browsers on version 0.7.5.3 of the test.[citation needed] Test 262 is still undergoing active development and is not yet complete.

Release history

Name Build Release Date New notable features
Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1 2.10.1000.16394 April 12, 2011[3] Support for CSS3 multi-column layout, CSS3 grid layout, CSS3 flexible box layout, CSS3 gradients, and ES5 strict mode.
Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 2.10.1008.16421 June 29, 2011[12] Support for Positioned Floats, CSS stylesheet limit lifted, CSSOM Floating Point Value support, Improved hit testing APIs, Media Query Listeners, HTML5: Support for async attribute on script elements, HTML5 Drag and Drop, HTML5 File API, HTML5 Sandbox, HTML5 Web Workers, and some Web Performance APIs.

User agent string

Internet Explorer 10 uses a new user agent string. The MSIE 9.0 token was changed to MSIE 10.0. The Trident/5.0 token was likewise changed to Trident/6.0.[13]

Operating system IE7
compatibility
mode? 		User agent string
Windows 7 No Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/6.0)
Windows 7 Yes Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/6.0)

References

  1. ^ a b c Keizer, Gregg (2011-04-13). "Windows Vista: No WIE10 for you". Computerworld. Computerworld Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-21. When Windows Vista users try to install the WIE10 preview, they see a dialog box that reads, "Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview does not support any operating system earlier than Windows 7," after which the installation process terminates.
  2. ^ a b Muchmore, Michael (2011-04-15). "Windows Internet Explorer 10 drops Vista support". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis, Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  3. ^ a b c Hachamovitch, Dean (2011-04-12). "Native HTML5: First IE10 Platform Preview Available for Download". IE Blog. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  4. ^ Bertolucci, Jeff (2011-04-12). "Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview: Check It Out". PC World. PCWorld Communications, Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  5. ^ Hachamovitch, Dean (2011-04-12). MIX11 Day 1 Keynotes. Channel 9. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
  6. ^ Valich, Theo (2011-04-12). "Microsoft Runs Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 on nVidia Tegra / ARM CPU". Bright Side Of News. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  7. ^ Wilson, Dean (2011-04-13). "Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 10 preview". The Inquirer. Incisive Media Investments Limited. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  8. ^ Jones, Chris (2011-04-14). "IE10 Platform Preview and CSS Features for Adaptive Layouts". IE Blog. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
  9. ^ Muchmore, Michael (2011-04-13). "Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1: Hands On". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis, Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  10. ^ Reisinger, Don (2011-04-13). "Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Design: 10 Essential Features". eWeek. Ziff Davis Enterprise Holdings Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  11. ^ "ECMAScript test262". EMCAScript. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
  12. ^ "Download details: Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 2011-04-12. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  13. ^ "The IE10 User-Agent String". IE Blog. Microsoft Corporation. 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2011-04-15.

Further reading

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