Microsoft has released a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 for the developers. The next version of IE is very promising and has added a lot of support for the CSS 3 and HTML 5 tags and DOCTYPEs. Some of the key highlights of this version are:

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  • Better Hardware acceleration for efficient battery consumption
  • Sandbox and iFrame isolation that provides security for web applications
  • Improved Web Workers with a new JavaScript alogithm that would make them load in the background.
  • IE 10 now support HTML5 parsing algorithm fully.

The IE 10 Platform Preview is now available for download from Microsoft. The browser looks really neat with a minimalist layout. But then , this is just a Platform Preview release and many more is yet to come in the future. The video below shows the best of the performance that IE can give to the end-user.

The video demonstrated a fountain in front of the monument, which is completely being rendered by the new JavaScript engine and HTML 5 parser.

Grab a copy of IE 10 Platform Preview here.