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