When you consider that browsing the web remains one of the most popular activities on a tablet , it’s surprising the experience isn’t better. People should expect more from the browsing experience on a tablet. Browsing speed has been important to web users, but with the emergence of new form...

On the IE team, we are humbled to have worked with a variety of partners to create beautiful, immersive experiences on the web like Atari , Contre Jour , Project Prometheus , Pulse , and viral videos like Child of the 90s . This year some of these efforts have been recognized for innovative work through...

With the second film in the blockbuster The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , set for release November 22, Internet Explorer has teamed up with Lionsgate to bring you The Hunger Games Explorer – the go-to destination and hub online for fans to get all the latest on The Hunger...

Today we are excited to announce a new web experience with social video editing start-up, Vyclone . Vyclone has a very popular mobile app that allows users to co-create, sync, and edit multiple views of a single shared moment – like a concert, sporting event, or birthday. With the new Vyclone web...

Today we are excited to announce the availability of IE10 for Windows 7, bringing the most modern and high performing version of IE to over 700M Windows customers. IE10 delivers a 20% increase in real-world site performance over IE9 making IE10 the fastest modern browser on the market according to third...

In October , we introduced the world to the adorable creature Petit by bringing the groundbreaking game Contre Jour to the web with Internet Explorer 10 and HTML5. Today, we are excited to announce that Petit is back with 20 new levels to play on the web. Just like the game we launched this fall, these...

Yesterday was an incredible day for us here at Microsoft and on the IE team.  Not only did we announce the availability of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview , we also introduced Platform Preview 5 of Internet Explorer 10.  As Dean Hachamovitch, Corporate Vice President of Internet Explorer engineering...

Yesterday Google released its latest micro-benchmark, RoboHornet, in which Internet Explorer 10 scores rather well .  While we appreciate the gesture, members of our engineering team took a look at the benchmark and found that RoboHornet isn’t all that representative of the performance users might...

Yesterday over on the MSN blog , they previewed an exciting new version of MSN. Now, users can have the news they rely on, but faster and with enhanced interactivity. The new site is everything a modern web experience should be and it absolutely comes to life with IE10.  IE10 offers a fast and fluid...

It’s a good year to be a developer. With the release of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 5 for Windows 8 Consumer Preview, it’s never been easier to build sites that work well in all modern browsers. The web continues to evolve and IE10 PP5 supports 33 new HTML5 & CSS3 site-ready web standards...

This has been a great year for Internet Explorer. For those of us on the IE team we are extremely thankful for the opportunity to work on such a great product with such a fantastic team. We are also incredibly thankful for the opportunity we had to give back to children in need this holiday season by...

Day 2 at MIX11 was another memorable one – and for some people it may still be going. Let’s hope people saved some energy for Day 3! I know Team IE did. We still heard plenty of buzz and feedback from web devs throughout the day on the release of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1...

Over the past few months, we’ve been helping developers get their sites ready for Internet Explorer 10. Like web standards, browsers evolve , and our approach to the browser continues to evolve. With IE10, our work with developers is focused on writing HTML5 & CSS3 code that works reliably...