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CPU architecture	x64, x86 and ARM (Windows RT)
Release date	2012-09-04
Released for	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
Support end	Mainstream support
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Internet Explorer 10 is a version of Internet Explorer. It ships as the default browser on Windows 8 and is available as an update for Windows 7. Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 was released on 2013-02-26.

System Requirements

Internet Explorer 10 only supports Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8. Previous releases of Windows (such as Windows XP, Vista, and earlier) are not supported.

Development history

Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on 2011-04-12 at the MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas. At the conference, Microsoft showcased a demo version of Internet Explorer 10 alongside a pre-release version of Windows 8. On the same day, a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 was released on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Test Drive website. It only supports Windows 7; later platform preview releases only support Windows 8. IE 10 Platform Preview 1 includes support for CSS3's grid layout, flexible box layout, multi-column layout, gradients, and GPU hardware acceleration.

At the time of its release, Platform Preview 1 performed better than IE 9 but was still considered slow compared to other competitors.

On 2011-09-13, 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 reached general availability on 2012-10-26, alongside Windows 8, and with Windows Server 2012, which shipped earlier on 2012-09-04. A preview of IE 10 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 was released on 2012-11-13.

New features

Adobe Flash Player

Under Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 includes a built-in copy of Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft worked with Adobe to develop a special build of Flash that would ensure improved battery life and performance. In the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer, Flash has further disabled features to meet those goals and to remain compatible with Metro's enhanced security. Certain mouse-centric features that do not work well with touch displays have also been removed.

Originally, not all websites could use the built-in Flash support under Metro. Microsoft and Adobe maintained a whitelist of approved domains that contained video content and games, unlike the desktop version. On 2013-03-12 Microsoft changed this behavior from allowing only sites from the whitelist to display flash content, to allow all sites to display Flash content except for those on a curated Compatibility View list (blacklist) maintained by Microsoft.

Flip Ahead

Internet Explorer 10 introduced a new feature called Flip Ahead, available under Desktop and Metro builds. Flip Ahead adds a touch gesture that can be used to flip back and forth on sites that use multiple pages, replacing the need to tap on small page controls. This feature is turned off by default as browsing history is sent to Microsoft in order to provide it. Microsoft stated that some sites would need to be updated to ensure the gesture would work as intended.

Metro UI

The Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 (available on Windows 8) includes a new UI, most of which is hidden so that the webpage being viewed takes up the entire screen. The UI can be revealed by a right click of the mouse or by a swipe from the top or bottom edges of a touchscreen. When the UI is shown, current tabs are listed on the top of the screen, with a small preview of the page on each tab. A button to add a new tab is placed in the top-right corner. At the bottom of the screen, the address bar and navigational buttons are shown. Navigational buttons include the Back button (to navigate to the previous page), the Refresh button (to reload the active page), the Pin button (which create a new shortcut tile for the active page on the Start screen), and a wrench-shaped icon, which opens the only menu under Metro. It contains options such as "View on Desktop", which opens the current webpage on the desktop version of IE 10, and "Find on page", which can find a text string (a word, phrase, or arbitrary set of letters) in the active page.

Discontinued features

Conditional comments in HTML (though JavaScript conditional comments still work).
DirectX-based filters and transitions (DX filters).
Element behaviors and HTML Components (HTCs).
XML data islands.
Vector Markup Language (VML).
Content Advisor (replaced by Windows Parental Controls or Microsoft Family Safety).

Releases

Platform Preview 1
Platform Preview 2
Developer Preview - included with Windows 8 build 8102
Platform Preview 3
Platform Preview 4
Consumer Preview - included with Windows 8 build 8250
Platform Preview 5
Release Preview - included with Windows 8 build 8400, later released for Windows 7.
RTM (Windows 8) August 2012
RTM (Windows 7) November 2012

Mobile IE10

A mobile version of IE10 was introduced for Windows Phone 8.

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-Internet Explorer 10 is a version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer and is the default browser on Windows 8.
+{{Infobox Internet Explorer
-It replaces IE9 and is replaced by [[Internet Explorer:11|IE11]].
+|caption = Internet Explorer 10
-IE10 for Windows 7 was released on 2013-02-26.
+|arch = x64, x86 and ARM (Windows RT)
-== OS Support ==
+|build = 10.0.9200.16521
-Internet Explorer 10 is meant for Windows 7 SP1 and 8 only.
+|release = 2012-09-04
-Therefore , it does not support Windows XP , Vista or others.
+|oses = [[Windows 7]],<br>[[Windows 8]],<br>[[Windows Server 2008 R2]],<br>[[Windows Server 2012]]
-== Development history==
+|support = Mainstream support
-Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on 2011-04-12 at the MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas. In this conference, Microsoft showcased a demo version of Internet Explorer 10 along with a demo version of Windows 8. On the same day, a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 was released on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Test Drive website. It only supports Windows 7; later platform previews only support Windows 8.IE 10 Platform Preview 1 supports CSS3 grid layout, CSS3 flexible box layout, CSS3 multi-column layout, CSS3 gradient, and full hardware acceleration.
+|previous = [[Internet Explorer 9]]
-Platform Preview 1 performed better than IE 9 but not always better than the competing web browsers.
+|next = [[Internet Explorer 11]]
-On 2011-09-13, Microsoft released the developer preview of Windows 8 to the general public, which came with Internet Explorer Developer Preview (the first full browser incarnation of IE 10).IE 10 was released to manufacturing along with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. The latter reached general availability on 2012-09-04, while the former reached general availability on 2012-10-26. A preview of IE 10 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 was released on 2012-11-13.
+}}
-==New features==
+'''Internet Explorer 10''' is a version of [[Internet Explorer]]. It ships as the default browser on Windows 8 and is available as an update for Windows 7.
-===Adobe Flash Player===
+Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 was released on 2013-02-26.
-On Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 includes a built-in Adobe Flash Player.Microsoft and Adobe worked together to ensure that the version of Adobe Flash included with IE 10 does not drain the battery or negatively impact performance.In the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer, only some of the features of Adobe Flash will be included for battery life, performance, and security purposes.Some features that do not work well with touch have also been removed from the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer. However, originally, not all websites can use Adobe Flash in the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer as Microsoft and Adobe maintain a list of approved websites that are, reportedly, video content, and some games.In the desktop version of IE 10, all of the features of Adobe Flash are available.On 2013-03-12 Microsoft changed this behavior from allowing only sites on a whitelist to display flash content, to allowing all sites to display flash content except those on a curated Compatibility View list (blacklist) maintained by Microsoft.
-===Flip Ahead===
-Internet Explorer 10 also introduces a new feature called Flip Ahead.This works in both Metro and desktop versions of Internet Explorer 10. It allows users to move through articles that span multiple pages as well as search results and other web pages with a "next page" or similar button. This feature is turned off by default as a user's browsing history is sent to Microsoft in order to provide the feature. Microsoft has said that some sites may need to be updated to ensure it will work as intended.
-==Metro UI==
-The Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 (available on Windows 8) includes a new UI, most of which is hidden so that the webpage being viewed takes up the entire screen.The UI can be revealed by a right click of the mouse or by a swipe from the top or bottom edges of a touchscreen.When the UI is shown, the tabs are listed on the top of the screen, with a small preview of the webpage on each tab. A button to add a new tab is placed in the top-right corner. At the bottom of the screen, the address bar and navigational buttons are shown. Navigational buttons include the Back button (to navigate to the previous page), the Refresh button (to reload active page), the Pin button (which create a new shortcut tile for the active page on the Start screen), and a wrench-shaped icon, which opens the only menu of IE10. It contains options such as "View on Desktop", which opens the current webpage on the desktop version of IE 10, and "Find on page", which can find a text string (a word, phrase, or arbitrary set of letters) in the active page.
-==Discontinued features==
-Conditional comments in HTML (though JavaScript conditional comments still work).
-DirectX-based filters and transitions (DX filters).
+== System Requirements ==
+Internet Explorer 10 only supports Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.
+Previous releases of Windows (such as Windows XP, Vista, and earlier) are not supported.
-Element behaviors and HTML Components (HTCs).
+== Development history ==
+Internet Explorer 10 was first announced on 2011-04-12 at the MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas. At the conference, Microsoft showcased a demo version of Internet Explorer 10 alongside a pre-release version of Windows 8. On the same day, a Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 10 was released on the ''Microsoft Internet Explorer Test Drive'' website. It only supports Windows 7; later platform preview releases only support Windows 8. IE 10 Platform Preview 1 includes support for CSS3's grid layout, flexible box layout, multi-column layout, gradients, and GPU hardware acceleration.
-XML data islands.
+At the time of its release, Platform Preview 1 performed better than IE 9 but was still considered slow compared to other competitors.
-Vector Markup Language (VML).
+On 2011-09-13, 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 reached general availability on 2012-10-26, alongside Windows 8, and with Windows Server 2012, which shipped earlier on 2012-09-04. A preview of IE 10 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 was released on 2012-11-13.
-Content Advisor(replaced by Windows Parental Controls or Microsoft Family Safety).
+== New features ==
+=== Adobe Flash Player ===
+Under Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10 includes a built-in copy of Adobe Flash Player. Microsoft worked with Adobe to develop a special build of Flash that would ensure improved battery life and performance. In the "Metro" version of Internet Explorer, Flash has further disabled features to meet those goals and to remain compatible with Metro's enhanced security. Certain mouse-centric features that do not work well with touch displays have also been removed.
-[[Category:Internet Explorer]]
+Originally, not all websites could use the built-in Flash support under Metro. Microsoft and Adobe maintained a whitelist of approved domains that contained video content and games, unlike the desktop version. On 2013-03-12 Microsoft changed this behavior from allowing only sites from the whitelist to display flash content, to allow all sites to display Flash content except for those on a curated Compatibility View list (blacklist) maintained by Microsoft.
+=== Flip Ahead ===
+Internet Explorer 10 introduced a new feature called ''Flip Ahead'', available under Desktop and Metro builds. Flip Ahead adds a touch gesture that can be used to flip back and forth on sites that use multiple pages, replacing the need to tap on small page controls. This feature is turned off by default as browsing history is sent to Microsoft in order to provide it. Microsoft stated that some sites would need to be updated to ensure the gesture would work as intended.
+== Metro UI ==
+The Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 (available on Windows 8) includes a new UI, most of which is hidden so that the webpage being viewed takes up the entire screen. The UI can be revealed by a right click of the mouse or by a swipe from the top or bottom edges of a touchscreen. When the UI is shown, current tabs are listed on the top of the screen, with a small preview of the page on each tab. A button to add a new tab is placed in the top-right corner. At the bottom of the screen, the address bar and navigational buttons are shown. Navigational buttons include the Back button (to navigate to the previous page), the Refresh button (to reload the active page), the Pin button (which create a new shortcut tile for the active page on the Start screen), and a wrench-shaped icon, which opens the only menu under Metro. It contains options such as "View on Desktop", which opens the current webpage on the desktop version of IE 10, and "Find on page", which can find a text string (a word, phrase, or arbitrary set of letters) in the active page.
+== Discontinued features ==
+* Conditional comments in HTML (though JavaScript conditional comments still work).
+* DirectX-based filters and transitions (DX filters).
+* Element behaviors and HTML Components (HTCs).
+* XML data islands.
+* Vector Markup Language (VML).
+* Content Advisor (replaced by Windows Parental Controls or Microsoft Family Safety).
+== Releases ==
+* Platform Preview 1
+* Platform Preview 2
+* Developer Preview - included with Windows 8 build 8102
+* Platform Preview 3
+* Platform Preview 4
+* Consumer Preview - included with Windows 8 build 8250
+* Platform Preview 5
+* Release Preview - included with Windows 8 build 8400, later released for Windows 7.
+* RTM (Windows 8) August 2012
+* RTM (Windows 7) November 2012
+== Mobile IE10 ==
+A mobile version of IE10 was introduced for [[Windows Phone 8]].