IE10 Platform Preview 2 is Out with More HTML5 and CSS3 Goodness

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The IE team has just announced the release of IE10 Platform Preview 2 and it's chock full of HTML5 & CSS3 goodness. Included in the preview are features developers have been clamoring for including:

Expanded HTML5 support:

  • Asynchronus Script Execution
  • Drag and Drop
  • File API
  • Forms Validation
  • Sandbox
  • Web Workers

Expanded CSS3 Support:

  • CSS3 Flexible Box (“Flexbox”) Layout
  • Positioned Floats
  • CSS3 Gradients
  • CSS3 Grid Alignment
  • CSS3 Multi-column Layout

I'm especially excited about the addition of the Forms Validation and Web Workers API.

Web Workers Fountain Demo App:

Forms Validation Demos:

 Full details about these new features and more can be found in the Internet Explorer Platform Preview Guide for Developers.

You can download IE10 Platform Preview 2 here and test out the latest updates and demos via the Internet Explorer Test Drive site.

 Channel 9 has also published a set of videos showing off the new stuff in IE10 PP2.