Just four weeks after Microsoft released their much hyped new browser, IE9, they are already showing previews of a platform for Internet Explorer 10. At Mix11, a developers conference held in Las Vegas, Microsoft unveiled the first look at what’s to come for the new browser, and the preview is now available for download.
IE10 is supposed to be a continuation of the work done on the hardware acceleration of IE9 – the HTML5 and CSS3. “IE10 builds on full hardware acceleration and continues our focus on site-ready Web-standards,” said Dean Hachamovitch, IE’s corporate vice president, in an announcement. “This combination enables developers to deliver the best performance for their customers on Windows while using the same, Web-standard markup across browsers.”
With Microsoft only three weeks into the production of the new browser, there is a lot to look forward to as they keep working to improve the web. Microsoft’s goal for the new browser is to create a more powerful, native, and robust web. They are doing this by including additional support for CSS3, which will include gradient and flexible box layout. They also plan on giving previews of IE 10 every eight to twelve weeks, just so people can get a glimpse of their progress.
The browser market share is getting ever tighter as new versions of browsers keep coming out, and Microsoft wants to stay on top. The recent release of IE9 is currently being downloaded 27 times per second, which may initially sound impressive but it isn’t as staggering of a figure as Microsoft would have hoped. After Mozilla released Firefox 4, the browser was downloaded 5,000 times per minute during the first day. If Microsoft is hoping to be sitting all alone at the top with their new improvements, they are striving for it in their next version, Internet Explorer 10.