It was little less than a month ago that Microsoft finally released Internet Explorer 9, their much anticipated refresh that finally brought robust support for HTML5 and CSS3 to the Windows-standard browser. It took Microsoft two years to make IE9, but they’re looking to half that with Internet Explorer 10… and to prove it, they’ve already released the first developer preview.
Built upon the groundwork that Internet Explorer 9 laid out, Internet Explorer 10 continues to advance HTML5 and CSS3 standards in Microsoft’s browser. It boasts some new CSS3 features including support for multi-column and grid layouts, as well as gradients, transitions, 3D transforms and strict mode.
Not bad for a few week’s work, right? And a “few weeks work” is literally true. In fact, Microsoft only started working on Internet Explorer 10 three weeks ago. However, in keeping with their recent efforts to remain accountable with web developers and standards enthusiasts, Microsoft has already pushed the Preview Platform for Internet Explorer 10 up for download over at Microsoft’s Test Drive site. Like with Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft’s goal is to release new preview versions of their work every 12 weeks, working up to an eventual release of Internet Explorer 10, simultaneous with the release of Windows 8.
Speaking of Windows 8, Microsoft demonstrated something very exciting when they showed MIX attendees in Las Vegas their initial work on IE10: IE10 running on Windows 8 running on ARM. We knew that Windows would be moving to ARM this generation to better position itself as a viable operating system for tablets, but this is the first time we’ve actually seen it running.
Very exciting indeed. Unfortunately for Windows fans, we’ll be waiting until at least 2012 to see the finished product of either IE10 or Windows 8.
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