IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 Now Available

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Internet Explorer 11 continues to provide the best Web experience that is fast, fluid and perfect for touch, across the full range of Windows devices and screen sizes. The IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 is available for download today and includes performance improvements making it 30% faster than other browsers, updates to support the latest Web standards, and developer tools improvements in response to your feedback on the IE11 Developer Preview for Windows 7.


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This video shows some of the performance and developer tools enhancements in IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7​

With IE11 on Windows 7, customers receive a fast, secure browser that is compatible with existing Web sites and delivers exciting new interactive Web experiences. For developers, IE11 supports the latest Web standards and technologies, making it easier to build sites that work across devices. The new F12 tools in IE11 enable developers to build high performance Web experiences, faster and more efficiently.


A Faster Web Experience

Performance matters to everyone who browses the Web. The IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 includes additional performance tuning so that real-world sites download and display fast and are highly responsive and interactive.

You can experience IE11’s leading performance first hand with demos such as Levitation, Lawnmark, and Lite-Brite on the IE Test Drive site, showing real world Web site patterns for graphically rich, interactive, and 3D experiences. In honor of tomorrow's International Talk Like a Pirate Day, our newest test drive demo, PirateMarrrk, tests your browser’s HTML5, JavaScript, and Scalable Vector Graphics performance.

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The new PirateMarrrk test drive demo tests your browser’s HTML5, JavaScript, and Scalable Vector Graphics performance.​

Internet Explorer 11 advances the performance leadership of our JavaScript engine, Chakra, while ensuring compatibility, interoperability, and security. As we improve performance for real-world sites, IE11’s JavaScript performance on benchmarks like WebKit SunSpider continues to lead compared with latest version of other browsers. On Windows 7, IE11 Release Preview is 9% faster than IE10, which is a 5% improvement from the IE11 Developer Preview, and over 30% faster than the nearest competitive browser.

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IE11 extends its leadership in Javascript performance, so real-world sites are faster​

Even More Web Standards and Increased Compatibility with Existing Web Sites

IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 includes updates to reflect the latest emerging Web standards. For example, now that the Pointer Events specification is a Candidate Recommendation at the W3C, IE11 supports an un-prefixed version of the emerging standard.

With Pointer Events support across the full range of Windows devices (and soon to other browsers), Web sites can easily build experiences that work equally well with mouse, keyboard, pen, and touch.
IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 adds new user controls for the Standard Delivery Profile for Closed Captioning. With the new control, accessible from the Internet Options menu, users can customize how captions appear in the browser, even overriding the default styling provided by the video source. This customization further advances IE11 as the best browser for professional-quality online video without plugins.

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With IE11, users can customize the appearance of closed captions, enabling an improved online video experience​

The IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 also supports the latest Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) draft in the W3C. After installation, the IE11 Release Preview prompts the user set a default tracking preference that Internet Explorer will send to Web sites. On upgrade, IE11 Release Preview automatically preserves the user’s previous tracking preferences. .


Faster, More Efficient Developer Tools Productivity, Based on Your Feedback

IE11 includes a completely re-designed and enhanced suite of in-browser F12 developer tools. These tools help Web developers diagnose and optimize their apps quickly and efficiently. Having fast and reliable Web apps is more critical than ever.
The IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 includes several tools enhancements to increase developer productivity and in response to the overwhelming enthusiasm and feedback we have received from developers. Here are just a few of the many improvements:

• Console: IE11 makes it easier to debug WebGL content by mapping WebGL errors to the corresponding JavaScript location. Developer productivity is improved because primitives have been added to Intellisense. With IE11, developers can debug multi-threaded Web sites with full console access while targeting Web workers.
• Debugger: An improved file picker allows faster access to files in a complex Web project.
• DOM Explorer: With IE11, developers can tune Web sites more quickly by editing CSS property values and seeing those edits in the Live DOM without having to press the enter key
• Memory: To make it easier to narrow down the source of memory leaks, the F12 tool now identifies what operations were performed on allocated data between memory snapshots.

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The IE11 Memory tool identifies which memory was allocated, de-allocated, or modified between snapshots, supporting faster memory tuning and diagnosis​

• Networking: A new “always refresh from server” option creates reproduceable performance results while developers rapidly iterate to tune their site performance. The tool also includes new Search Next and Search Previous functions for analyzing complex network traces.

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With IE11, the “always refresh from server” option supports iterative development by producing reproducible network performance results each time you reload the page​

A Better Web Today, and Ahead

IE11 provides the best Web experience across the full range of Windows devices and screen sizes with mouse, keyboard, and especially touch. Try it out for yourself with Windows 8.1 RTM from MSDN, and if you are a Windows 7 user, download the IE11 Release Preview today. Virtual Machine images of IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 will also be available on modern.ie later this week.

Now is the time for developers to confirm that your Web sites are ready for the hundreds of millions of Windows devices and customers moving to IE11 and for business customers to verify your readiness to deploy IE11. You can find a full list of new functionality available to developers in the IE11 Developer Guide here.

We look forward to your feedback. Please share your suggestions on Connect.

Sandeep Singhal and Rob Mauceri
Group Program Managers, Internet Explorer

Source: IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7: 30% Faster than Other Browsers and Even More Support for Web Standards - IEBlog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs


Download at:

(32-bit) Download Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7 from Official Microsoft Download Center

(64-bit) Download Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Edition from Official Microsoft Download Center

OR

Internet Explorer 11 Preview - Microsoft Windows

 

[Gornot]

Wow, that was a bombshell!!!

Thanks for the post, Shawn, can't wait to install it and see if some issues with the DP have been resolved

EDIT: Okay, for a moment I thought the RP was pure trouble as I had some page crashes when loading, and here's the irony, Bing and Outlook.com xD

But it didn't happen again and it works fine now, though I have to say that so far I'm not really seeing much improvements in terms of loading and stuff.

 

[x BlueRobot]

I'm currently testing IE11 out now

 

[Gornot]

I'm currently testing IE11 out now

Ah, so the snippy n the post in the "testing IE11" thread was of the RP and not the DP, okay, my bad

I've been on it for a couple of hours now, no crashes or anything out of the ordinary. Even the tab focuss thing that was an issue in the DP has been fixed. The whole browser feels very fast and stable, as expected.

 

[x BlueRobot]

I'm currently testing IE11 out now

Ah, so the snippy n the post in the "testing IE11" thread was of the RP and not the DP, okay, my bad

I've been on it for a couple of hours now, no crashes or anything out of the ordinary. Even the tab focuss thing that was an issue in the DP has been fixed. The whole browser feels very fast and stable, as expected.

It seems a little choppy with some things though, like loading the images in Shawn's quote.

 

[Gornot]

Really? I can't see a difference in loading images from the previous version(s)...

 

[robertwnielsen]

I'm testing the RP for IE11, but Outlook.com doesn't work right for me. It loads fine, but when I click on an email message to open it, nothing happens. Not a deal breaker, but kind of ironic that one of Microsoft's own service pages doesn't respond properly.

 

[theveterans]

I'm testing the RP for IE11, but Outlook.com doesn't work right for me. It loads fine, but when I click on an email message to open it, nothing happens. Not a deal breaker, but kind of ironic that one of Microsoft's own service pages doesn't respond properly.

I'll try it some time later and see if it fixes my issues below:
posting tools functionality on many forum sites, "force start" downloads, Facebook chat not working without modifying user agent string, UI not working properly when using Full screen mode

 

[x BlueRobot]

I'm testing the RP for IE11, but Outlook.com doesn't work right for me. It loads fine, but when I click on an email message to open it, nothing happens. Not a deal breaker, but kind of ironic that one of Microsoft's own service pages doesn't respond properly.

I'll try it some time later and see if it fixes my issues below:
posting tools functionality on many forum sites, "force start" downloads, Facebook chat not working without modifying user agent string, UI not working properly when using Full screen mode

Facebook Chat works fine for me in IE11.

 

[beauparc]

Seems to be working well on my machine. Everything is working just as it did prior to the install and the upgrade went flawlessly.

 

[theveterans]

So I finally tried IE 11. I'm happy to report that it fixes most of my issues except for some banking sites, but it's just a matter of time before those fully support IE 11. A new problem is that some websites that uses Flash player aren't working correctly. See pics below

IE 11 RP:



Chrome



Hope this gets fixed with upcoming Adobe release or IE 11 RTM.

I haven't tried most of the features like pinning sites, etc. so I don't know if there are glitches on those areas.

 

[Gornot]

I'm testing the RP for IE11, but Outlook.com doesn't work right for me. It loads fine, but when I click on an email message to open it, nothing happens. Not a deal breaker, but kind of ironic that one of Microsoft's own service pages doesn't respond properly.

Outlook.com looks okay from here even though Tracking Protection has blocked some content from 7 services. Opening emails, replying, uploading attachments etc. Everything looks and works as it should for me.

So I finally tried IE 11. I'm happy to report that it fixes most of my issues except for some banking sites, but it's just a matter of time before those fully support IE 11. A new problem is that some websites that uses Flash player aren't working correctly. See pics below

IE 11 RP:

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Chrome

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Hope this gets fixed with upcoming Adobe release or IE 11 RTM.

I haven't tried most of the features like pinning sites, etc. so I don't know if there are glitches on those areas.

Odd. Flash works fine for me as well.

 

[sygnus21]

Download at:

Download Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7 from Official Microsoft Download Center (32-bit)

OR

Internet Explorer 11 Preview - Microsoft Windows

OK, that first link takes you to the 32-bit version of IE11

If you want the 64-bit version go here - Download Internet Explorer 11 Release Preview for Windows 7 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Edition from Official Microsoft Download Center

Incidentally the second link doesn't seem to be working for me. When I download it and click it to install, it progresses a little than just hangs

 

[theveterans]

@ Gornot,

I made sure I have the latest Flash version "11,8,800,174". Changing the User Agent String from "default" to IE 10 or IE 9 using F12 developer tools makes the flash video work on Yahoo! Shine. Argh I don't know if the only one whose having this problem.

Edit. I noticed that you are in the Windows 8.1 RTM. Anybody with Windows 7 IE 11 Release preview can confirm if flash player works on Yahoo! Shine?

 

[marsmimar]

@ Gornot,

I made sure I have the latest Flash version "11,8,800,174". Changing the User Agent String from "default" to IE 10 or IE 9 using F12 developer tools makes the flash video work on Yahoo! Shine. Argh I don't know if the only one whose having this problem.

Edit. I noticed that you are in the Windows 8.1 RTM. Anybody with Windows 7 IE 11 Release preview can confirm if flash player works on Yahoo! Shine?

Flash is working OK for me on Shine. However ... if I open a Yahoo news story and try to access reader comments, none of the comments will load. Happens with every website I've tried that has reader comments.

 

[sygnus21]

I like it

Everything here is working sweet so far. The only scare I got was when I went to sign-in for on-line class homework. The site stated the browser (IE11) wasn't compatible, but it gave me the option to try it anyway (green bar). I did, and no issues noticed.



I also logged into my bank with it, no issues there. Same with flash content, no issues. It even plays nice with my antiquated (FrontPage made) website

And man this thing seems fast. Pages and content just seems to load a lot faster.

So far no problems or issues noted. Thumbs up thus far

Too bad I can't try it on Windows 8 (not 8.1) as I would really love to see this running on my laptop. Oh well, we'll have to wait for the final release of 8.1.

 

[A Guy]

I could search, but I'll ask here Does this overwrite current IE? Can I test this and still have IE9 as is? I haven't tried 10 seeing all the issues here. Don't use IE much, but need it to work when I do. A Guy

 

[sygnus21]

I could search, but I'll ask here Does this overwrite current IE? Can I test this and still have IE9 as is? I haven't tried 10 seeing all the issues here. Don't use IE much, but need it to work when I do. A Guy

Maybe I'm missing something but I never knew you could do what you're asking. I know when I upgraded from 9 to 10, 10 replaced 9, but kept the settings. Same here - 11 replaced 10.

If you mean will it keep your current settings from the previous version, yes it will.

 

[A Guy]

No, I mean I thought it may be a stand alone application as it is a preview. I can have my regular Opera and the Opera next side by side, same for Firefox. Just thought it might not replace the current IE. Think you answered my question

A Guy

 

[sygnus21]

They don't work that way. They just overwrite the files. If you want to go back to the earlier version, you'll have to uninstall the preview (or newer version).

I know you can have different cross browsers - Firefox, Mozilla, Safari and IE, but you can't have two instances of the same browser... i.e. IE9 & IE11. At least with Internet Explorer; I'd imagine others are the same.