Microsoft has made available the new Internet Explorer 11 Developer Preview for Windows 7 thus giving developers the chance to try out its latest browser without making the move to
Windows 8.1 Preview.
With the recent release of Windows 8.1 Preview, Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) continues company’s vision of providing the best web experience across the full range of Windows devices and screen sizes. IE11 on Windows 7 offers the same improved performance, faster page load times, new standards support for next generation sites and completely revised F12 developer tools.
IE11 on Windows 8.1 preview which is available for download, delivers the best browsing experience for getting to your sites quickly and using them together with Windows Store apps in Windows 8.1. The browsing experience becomes fast, fluid for touch with many tabs. Also, features like richer suggestions, organized favorites and side-by-side experiences for comparing
sites and using sites with Windows Store apps together make it perfect.
In IE11, developers can build next generation experiences with professional-quality web videos, and hyper-fast 2D and 3D web technologies that make the most of the underlying hardware. IE11 supports real world standards and compatibility and new developer tools enable developers to build high-performance web experiences on Windows devices. IE11 provides the best Web experience across the full range of Windows devices and screen sizes with mouse, keyboard and especially touch.
A quick look at the new features of IE11:
·The browsing engine is optimized for real-world sites to download and display fast and be highly responsive and interactive.
·Advances the performance leadership of Microsoft’s JavaScript engine, Chakra, while ensuring compatibility, interoperability, and security.
·Includes support for WebGL, an emerging web technology that enables web developers to create new kinds of advanced 2D and 3D experiences by programming the computer’s Graphics Processing Unit.
·Lets you deliver HTML5 video without plugins.
·Includes a completely re-designed and enhanced suite of in-browser F12 developer tools.
·Is interoperable with existing sites, which just run faster and look better in IE.