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Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8

By | November 29, 2011, 11:24am PST

Summary: Microsoft has released a new test build of Internet Explorer 10 that works on Windows 8 only. It adds support for even more HTML5 technologies.

Microsoft made available for download its fourth “platform preview” test build of Internet Explorer (IE) 10 on November 29.

The Platform Preview 4 (PP4) release is for IE10 on the Developer Preview pre-beta build of Windows 8 only. This is not an update to the Platform Preview of IE 10 on Windows 7. (The IE 10 on Windows 7 is still at Platform Preview 2, as it has been since June of this year, with no word as to when it will be updated next.)

IE10 PP4 “adds even more support for HTML5 technologies, enabling richer Web applications with significantly improved performance,” according to a new post on the IE Blog. Among the HTML5-related additions:

* Support for JavaScript typed arrays for efficient storage and manipulation of typed data.

* Addition of the CSS user-select property to control how end-users select elements in a Web page or application.

* Support for HTML5 video text captioning, including time-code, placement, and captioning file formats.

* Support for CORS (cross origin resource sharing), which allows developers to use XMLHttpRequest to request, share and move data across applications on different domains.

IE10 PP4 also introduces an updated quirks mode “that is more consistent and interoperable with the way quirks modes works in other browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera,” according to today’s post.

“The features in this platform preview are available to Web pages now, and will be available to Metro style applications in Windows 8,” said Rob Mauceri, Group Program Manager and author of the blog post.

IE10 is expected to be available for Windows 7 and to be integrated with Windows 8. Microsoft is believed to be aiming to release IE10 shortly before or at the same time it releases to manufacturing Windows 8, which Microsoft watchers believe will be around mid-2012.

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dazbear 3rd Mar
I am running Windows 8 Consumer Preview and have had to go back to Firefox. I am finding IE10 REALLY slow! Firefox is its usual quick self.

Any one else experiencing the same.
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
ScorpioBlue Updated - 29th Nov
Nothing about blocking ads as effectively as Adblock does.

But then MS relies heavily on advertizing and wouldn't like to bite the hand that feeds it, now would they? wink
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Flamelord2 29th Nov
@ScorpioBlue Does the built-in tracking protection in IE9/10 using the Adblock lists not work as well? It seems to work quite well for me...
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ScorpioBlue 29th Nov
@Flamelord2
It's not just tracking protection. I don't want to see the ads period.
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Flamelord2 29th Nov
@ScorpioBlue Ah, so you aren't familiar with the tracking protection feature... It does block ads period... That is exactly what it is for in spite of the misnamed functionality.
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
ScorpioBlue Updated - 29th Nov
@Flamelord2

As good as Adblock?

I have IE9. Let's see it.
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
dunnoseewhathappens 29th Nov
@ScorpioBlue

The IE 9/10 tracking protection blocks the ads, can chose to use a block list built on the Adblock plus list if you like.
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
ScorpioBlue 29th Nov
@dunnoseewhathappens

IE does not have a plug-in that does what Adblock does and block you from seeing Flash-based ads.

And it's perfectly understandable why they won't.
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
Gisabun Updated - 29th Nov
@ScorpioBlue : Funny, I don't see much Microsoft ads - except on their web site for their products.

You want to block ads? Put the URL of the advertiser in your "Restricted sites" security zone and/or host file and/or software firewall.
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
ScorpioBlue 29th Nov
@ScorpioBlue : Funny, I don't see much Microsoft ads - except on their web site for their products.

No but their OEMs and the other corporates they affiliate with do. Not to mention the MS ads here on zdnet or at places like MSN or MSNBC, CNET, etc...

You want to block ads? Put the URL of the advertiser in your "Restricted sites" security zone and/or host file and/or software firewall.

Why should I go to that trouble? Why should I right mouse click on every ad out there to get it's URL and have to manually put that in? That might be the Microsoft way of doing things but the Adblock extension in Firefox does it for me.

Nope, without good ad-blocking software, IE10 is a non-starter. Not that I'm really disappointed. wink
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Third of Five 29th Nov
@ScorpioBlue Given that they're not very good at advertising their products--although in most cases, they haven't really had to advertise very much at all since at least the mid-1990s--that's a scary thought.
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statuskwo5 15th Dec
@ScorpioBlue To be fair Chrome and Firefox don't have built-in ad blocking feature either. Adblock is made by a third party, not Google or Mozilla.
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ScorpioBlue 15th Dec
@statuskwo5
Well I don't think I said it was built-in, but you're absolutely right.

Mozilla has encouraged people to install it.
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I wonder why Chrome is so slow
techsdfdsblogger 29th Nov
I wonder why Chrome is so slow when it comes to rendering graphics?

I mean, who cares if their Java Script Engine is .0005ms faster when it can't render Gfx more than 3fps??

Anyways, nice job MS..
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Champ_Kind 1st Dec
@techblogger Do you not have a DX10 video card? (Not integrated pre-second gen Intel Core i-series graphics, but everything else that flies that Intel GMA banner.) WebGL in Chrome with a GeForce 8600GTS (an old, slow card) is more than usable while rendering 3D graphics in both Windows 7 and OS X Lion.
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dhays 29th Nov
To think that a few years back, they saw no need to update IE.
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
Cylon Centurion 29th Nov
I got rid of the DP years ago. What about Windows 7, Microsoft?
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
kkchsieewh 29th Nov
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
DJK2 29th Nov
Looks good.. looking forward to test drive IE10 happy
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Shocked!
Gisabun 29th Nov
No anti-Microsoft wankers made a comment here yet!

Interesting that the requirements say "Microsoft Developer Preview" [at least on one MS site]. Nothing else. Also interesting to note that [if I saw right] it's a MSI - not MSU - and seems to be x86 and x64 together.
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Hope it's Better than IE9
jpr75_z 29th Nov
I finally gave up on IE9. I am now using Chrome as my main browser. Chrome is not perfect, but I got so tired of IE crashing or taking forever to load pages or not rendering pages properly - uggg. Will try out this new IE version in Win8. BTW - can't wait for the BETA of Win8. Hope they are improving a few things, e.g. the Metro UI maybe?
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Dodgson1832 30th Nov
@jpr75_z

I'm thinking of switching from Firefox to Chrome. The recent versions have been too unstable. I just hate the Chrome interface though... I wish firefox were as fast and stable sad
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RE: Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8
bradavon Updated - 29th Nov
Vista really should get IE10 support too!

This article sums up the lack of Vista support well: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/04/microsofts-raw-deal-for-vista-users-ie10-for-windows-7-only.ars
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CobraA1 30th Nov
"IE10 PP4 'adds even more support for HTML5 technologies, enabling richer Web applications with significantly improved performance,' "

Does this mean we're going to see articles from ZDNet about testing on html5test.com and other "HTML 5" testing sites that play favorites with standards and test a bunch of non-standard junk?
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CobraA1 30th Nov
"Addition of the CSS user-select property to control how end-users select elements in a Web page or application."

Eh, what? This is going to be abused everywhere X(. I'll have to go to another browser to copy and paste text now.
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What Microsoft really needs to do
jscott418 30th Nov
Microsoft if it intends to stay in the browser market needs to release theis beta for IE 10 on Windows 7 now. Let users know its available and maybe stem some of the defections. Otherwise they will just keep losing users. Windows 8 is not going to be Microsoft's savior because its going to be a love hate UI that will devide users from upgrading. Microsoft needs another stable OS that everone loves and Windows 8 won't be it. So it would be better for Microsoft to not ignore Windows 7 users.
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ipadsucks 30th Nov
THIS IS AWESOME! LOVE IE BROWSERS. MAC SAFARI IS TOTALLY DEAD! WHAT FOOLS USES SAFARI? I GUESS THE APPLE TROLLS. ALSO GOOGLE CHROME IS JUNK HAS WELL
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AndrewOneDegree 2nd Dec
Good article, but comments all about ads, brilliant and pointless. At somepoint we will all have to come to the point that much of what is "free" is paid by ads, if people arent being shown those ads, then companies wont pay and we will end up having to pay for more stuff online...

Back to the article, Im liking the look of IE10 for Windows 8. I love the Windows 8 Metro experience with it, with no chrome at all, just the content and the neat features you have to use IE10 in that fashion. On the desktop side, I like the IE9 look and feel, again bringing content to the forefront. With IE10 that seems to be the same (and has worked so well that my latest versions of Chrome and FireFox all now look very similar to IE9 - curious).

Security is always a concern with browsers, and Chrome is awful in this respect. I am hoping with IE10 there are no issues, and that with Windows 8 and the way software is "installed" that a lot of these areas to exploit will vanish (at least in the Metro world).
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dazbear 3rd Mar
I am running Windows 8 Consumer Preview and have had to go back to Firefox. I am finding IE10 REALLY slow! Firefox is its usual quick self.

Any one else experiencing the same.

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