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'''Internet Explorer 10''' is a version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It ships as the default browser on [[Windows 8]] and is available as an update for [[Windows 7]]. It replaced [[Internet Explorer 9]] and was replaced by [[Internet Explorer 11]]. | '''Internet Explorer 10''' is a version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It ships as the default browser on [[Windows 8]] and is available as an update for [[Windows 7]]. It replaced [[Internet Explorer 9]] and was replaced by [[Internet Explorer 11]]. | ||
Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 was released on February | Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 was released on 26 February 2013. | ||
==System requirements== | ==System requirements== | ||
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==Development history== | ==Development history== | ||
Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on April | Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on 12 April 2011 at the MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas. At the conference, Microsoft showcased a demo version of Internet Explorer 10 alongside a pre-release version of Windows 8. On the same day, a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 was released on the ''Microsoft Internet Explorer Test Drive'' website. It only supports Windows 7; later platform preview releases only support Windows 8. IE 10 Platform Preview 1 includes support for CSS3's grid layout, flexible box layout, multi-column layout, gradients, and GPU hardware acceleration. | ||
At the time of its release, Platform Preview 1 performed better than IE 9 but was still considered slow compared to other competitors. | At the time of its release, Platform Preview 1 performed better than IE 9 but was still considered slow compared to other competitors. | ||
On September | On 13 September 2011, Microsoft released [[Windows 8 build 8102.101|Windows 8 Developer Preview]] to the general public, which shipped with Internet Explorer Developer Preview (the first full browser incarnation of IE 10). IE 10 reached general availability on 26 October 2012, alongside Windows 8, and with [[Windows Server 2012]], which shipped earlier on 4 September 2012. A preview of IE 10 for Windows 7 and [[Windows Server 2008 R2]] was released on 13 November 2012. | ||
== New features == | == New features == | ||
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Under Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 includes a built-in copy of Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft worked with Adobe to develop a special build of Flash that would ensure improved battery life and performance. In the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer, Flash has further disabled features to meet those goals and to remain compatible with Metro's enhanced security. Certain mouse-centric features that do not work well with touch displays have also been removed. | Under Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 includes a built-in copy of Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft worked with Adobe to develop a special build of Flash that would ensure improved battery life and performance. In the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer, Flash has further disabled features to meet those goals and to remain compatible with Metro's enhanced security. Certain mouse-centric features that do not work well with touch displays have also been removed. | ||
Originally, not all websites could use the built-in Flash support under Metro. Microsoft and Adobe maintained a whitelist of approved domains that contained video content and games, unlike the desktop version. On March | Originally, not all websites could use the built-in Flash support under Metro. Microsoft and Adobe maintained a whitelist of approved domains that contained video content and games, unlike the desktop version. On 12 March 2013 Microsoft changed this behavior from allowing only sites from the whitelist to display Flash content, to allow all sites to display Flash content except for those on a curated Compatibility View list (blacklist) maintained by Microsoft. | ||
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