It is undeniable that web browsers play a pivotal part in modern web development. Web development professionals usually prefer a particular browser for testing websites and developing web apps. The latest versions of popular browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Chrome also offer special development tools aimed at the web development veterans. In fact, Firefox 6 has a dedicated menu for web developers. Microsoft which has suffered significantly from rival browser onslaughts in recent years is determined to reclaim its lost glory in this segment. There was a time its IE was the browser almost everybody used. Now it is facing a hard time and losing market share slowly to newcomers in the industry. IE 9 has not deterred the growth of rivals much despite the hoopla surrounding its release. It seems that Redmond based giant wants to leave no stone unturned for making IE 10, its successor a lucrative option for web development veterans.

A preview version of IE 10 has been unveiled in recent times. This 2^nd pre release edition of the successor to IE9 has created sensation in the web design industry. To cope up with rival products, Microsoft has packed in lots of new features for both users and web developers in IE 10 and it would be interesting to see how well the final version fares with Firefox and Chrome.

A web development company that uses IE for developing web sites and apps should give the IE 10 preview a serious look. Microsoft has offered a number of demo sites to showcase the potential of the upcoming browser. This version will fill in the HTML 5 loopholes that are present in IE9 according to Microsoft. This would be good news for those website development services that are considering a move to HTML 5.

Taking a leaf from Firefox and Chrome Microsoft has hastened the preview release cycles for IE to an extent. Web development professionals will surely appreciate the Web Worker API in IE 10. This feature takes advantage of the multiple cores of the present generation CPUs to execute complex codes at the same time, which is going to improve page load and rendering. As was the case with IE9, Microsoft has avoided implementing technologies in IE10 that are still undergoing modification.

IE 10 preview introduces Positioned Floats, a developer centric feature made in conjunction with Adobe Inc. The design possibilities offered by this spanking new feature are exciting but will be of little use unless other browsers adopt them too. Preview 2 of IE 10 scores well on HTML 5 Test. However, it still cannot beat either Chrome or Firefox. IE 10 is going to be a part of the upcoming Windows 8 and Microsoft is trying to make the browser equipped to gel well with the new OS architecture as well. HTML 5 compliance is USP of the upcoming browser as Microsoft says. However, a section of the Web development professionals may not like the fact that IE 10 will not support conditional comments.