Reviewers' responses to the release of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview were varied however, they noted how soon (29 days) after the release of Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft began talking about the next version. Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1 supports CSS3 grid layout, CSS3 flexible box layout, CSS3 multi-column layout, CSS3 gradient, and full hardware acceleration. It only supports Windows 7 later platform previews only support Windows 8. On the same day, a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 was released on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Test Drive website. In this conference, Microsoft showcased a demo version of Internet Explorer 10 along with a demo version of Windows 8. Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on 12 April 2011 at the MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas. The desktop edition can be run in 64-bit mode by enabling Enhanced Protected Mode. On 64-bit computers, the Metro edition runs in 64-bit mode by default. On Windows 8, it is divided into two editions with different user interfaces: a Metro app that does not support plug-ins and a traditional desktop application that retains plug-in support. On 26 February 2013, Internet Explorer 10 was made available for download to all Windows 7 SP1 users. A preview of IE10 for Windows 7 was made available for download in November 2012. IE10 reached general availability on 4 September 2012 as a component of Windows Server 2012. The first preview release came four weeks after the final release of Internet Explorer 9. While the second platform preview was also available for Windows 7 and later, the next four platform previews ran only on Windows 8.

On 12 April 2011, Microsoft released the first 'IE10 Platform Preview', which runs only on Windows 7 and later. IE10 expands on Internet Explorer 9 functionality with regard to CSS3 support, hardware acceleration, and HTML5 support. Internet Explorer 10 ( IE10) is a version of the Internet Explorer web browser released by Microsoft in 2012, and is the default browser in Windows 8.

Internet Explorer 10 (Desktop version) in Windows 8, showing Wikipedia 16521 RTM ( Windows 7 SP1 ) and 10.0.3 ( Windows 8 ) (12 March 2013 17 days ago ( )) Ĭommercial proprietary software (an integral part of Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012) Internet Explorer 10 ( Metro-style app) in Windows 8, showing Wikipedia Internet Explorer 10 icon in Windows 8 (left) and in Windows 7 (right)

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