Internet Explorer 10
With Internet Explorer 10, Microsoft wants to develop further support for HTML 5 and CSS 3 and allow to make immersive apps.
A trial version is already available.
CSS3 Gradients and Flexbox
The shadows are now supported to create widgets similar to the native components of mobile phone systems.
3D transforms and transitions are added too.
Inspired by the Mozilla XUL interface language, flexible layout allowing dynamically display of content depending on the size of the screen, from that of the desktop to mobile one.
Float positionned inside the page and not only at left or at right.
HTML 5 native
To speed up the browser and provide access to Windows functions, Microsoft has removed all the intermediate layers between applications in IE 10, and the base system, providing direct access to the functions thereof.
A Web application works as a Windows application.
Critics say that the term is rather superficial, all the current browser using material acceleration having similar capacities.
Internet Explorer is also a component of Windows 8 for immersive applications.
New HTML 5 features supported:
- Drag and drop.
- File Reader API.
- Forms validation.
- IFrame support the sandbox attribute for a secure excution in a separate environment.
Definition of immersive application
Immersion is a term of virtual reality for the consciousness of the subject when he feels like a real environment.
Implemented in applications, it is the quality of realism and interactivity that frees the user from the constraints associated with the interface to make him act naturally with the application.
More improvements
- JavaScript 5.
- async, to run scripts asynchronously.
- Web Workers API to run script in the background without effect on the display.
More information
- IETestDrive.com. Provides a Platform Preview.
- Beautyoftheweb.com. Microsoft launches a site special for Internet Explorer 9.
- HTML 5 Labs. Website for development on HTML 5 from Microsoft.
- Native HTML 5.
- June 2011 update.
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