Internet Explorer 9(IE 9) support HTML5 and CSS3

Microsoft seems again serious about browser war. They offer Internet Explorer Platform Preview download for web developers and programmers to check how Internet Explorer 9 satisfies their needs of new web standards like HTML5 and CSS3. The main attractions of HTML5 is embedded video and audio though many other features like better performance with JavaSript , text, and graphics. In one of my older post I wrote about the built in video feature of HTML5.

No Flash player to view Youtube videos At that time the major browsers which support HTML5 were Firefox 3.5,google chrome and safari 4. Now if MS keep its word we will get one more browser which support HTML5 , IE9.

With the introduction of IE9 Microsoft aim to compete with the booming popularity of Firefox and retain its browser market share. Now itself the market share of Firefox is near to the Internet Explorer. The statics is given in this blog post.
Browser Choice and Browser market share in EU

Though the final version of Internet Explorer 9 is waiting for its release , we can download and check IE Platform Preview. To download Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview and check the new Web platform capabilities of Internet Explorer 9 ,click on the download link below.

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

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