

Under Windows 8 and Server 2012 (if install Desktop Experience component using Server Manager), Internet Explorer 10 includes a built-in copy of Adobe Flash Player. A preview of IE 10 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 was released on 13 November 2012. IE 10 reached general availability on 26 October 2012, alongside Windows 8, and with Windows Server 2012, which shipped earlier on 4 September 2012. On 13 September 2011, Microsoft released 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 Platform Preview 1 includes support for CSS3's grid layout, flexible box layout, multi-column layout, gradients, and GPU hardware acceleration.Īt the time of its release, Platform Preview 1 performed better than IE 9 but was still considered slow compared to other competitors. It only supports Windows 7 later platform preview releases only support Windows 8. On the same day, a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 was released on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Test Drive website. At the conference, Microsoft showcased a demo version of Internet Explorer 10 alongside a pre-release version of Windows 8. Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on 12 April 2011 at the MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas.
