The Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview build marks an important milestone in the development of the next version of Internet Explorer. A significant part of the platform preview is focused on new or proposed World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) web standards.

The goal of industry standards is actually “interoperability.” For HD television standards, that means that multiple TVs can render the same rich content in a consistent way. In the web case, that means the same HTML, script, and formatting markup work the same across different browsers. Eliminating the need for different code paths for different browsers benefits everyone, and creates more opportunity for developers to innovate on great web content.

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Posted By: SGT Oddball
17 Mar 2010