Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7 is now available for download
Just under two months after releasing the Developer Preview of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7, Microsoft has announced that it is now Release Preview of the new version is available for download in your web browser. As the name indicates, it is a pre-final version so that all those who wish to can install it on their system.
From Microsoft they ensure that this new version of the browser is faster than any other browser on the market. To demonstrate this, there is a whole range of demos available to put Internet Explorer 11 to the test in all kinds of conditions.
The performance gains are largely noticeable in the JavaScript engine used: Chakra. According to tests carried out by Redmond with the WebKit SunSpider benchmark, IE11 Release Preview on Windows 7 is 9% faster than IE10 and 30% faster than other browsers Competitor
After a few years of dubious commitment to them, Microsoft has also spent some time adapting its browser to web standards and making a show of it. In addition to those already known from previous versions, one of the latest additions is the Pointer Events specification, which the company itself tries to promote, designed for websites to provide similar experiences with the mouse, keyboard or touch.
Another of the already known novelties is that IE 11 also includes an entire environment for developers integrated into the browser itself.Pressing F12 we access the tools for developers which in this preliminary version receive even more improvements in some of their sections.
The rest of the changes in Internet Explorer for Windows 7 try to bring the browser to the level of the version that users of the Windows 8.1 trial versions already enjoy. Unfortunately, there are features that will only continue to be available to users of the latter system, some of them as useful as tab synchronization. But the best thing is that you check it yourself by downloading IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 from its website.
Via | IEBlog
