IE10 preview 3 supports HTML5 history API, CSS animations and 3D transforms

by dave1010uk on 9/14/2011, 7:59 AM with 23 comments
  • by bgarbiak on 9/14/2011, 12:05 PM

    Folks at MS are doing a pretty good job with IE recently. Even though IE9 is a bit behind "modern browsers" (text-shadow!) - it is a decent browser. And IE10 looks very promising, in fact it looks like it will have all it needs to be considered "modern". Could be even ahead in some areas (CSS Regions - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/html5/articles/css3-regions.html - or hardware acceleration). My only fear is that with Microsoft's old-fashioned way of releasing updates (plus lack of support for older OSes) we still will have to support ~5 versions of IE for years.

  • by danmaz74 on 9/14/2011, 10:37 AM

    That's nice - but when will they add WebGL? I know about Microsoft's security concerns, but I can't wait to see how 3D rendering could innovate the web. I even have a couple of ideas myself...

  • by xutopia on 9/14/2011, 2:10 PM

    The thing that I'm excited about is HTML History support! :-D pushState here I come!

  • by ghc on 9/14/2011, 11:35 AM

    Oh, good, now I can't just ignore IE users when making rich HTML5 apps. Thanks, Microsoft.

  • by richbradshaw on 9/14/2011, 11:44 AM

    Unfortunately I don't believe there is a way to install this on Windows 7... Rubbish! Was hoping to see some of my websites render as expected on IE!

  • by yock on 9/14/2011, 1:25 PM

    Has anyone used IE10's file API and can speak to its capabilities? IE has lagged behind other browsers in replacing Google Gears for accessing file contents. Has Microsoft implemented this?

    Edit: Just realized that there was in fact more info on the file API on that very page. The answer seems to be yes.

  • by pewpew on 9/14/2011, 9:51 AM

    When will IE allow decent plugin development? Right now you need to jump through hoops, mess with c++ code, compile dll(s) and hope the user will actually install external exe. Insane.