IE9 gets final platform preview before beta launch

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Microsoft has unveiled its fourth platform preview of the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 to showcase its capabilities.

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The final preview of Microsoft's upcoming browser beta has been launched for developers and designers to play with.

This is the fourth preview of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and will be the last before the beta is officially launched in September.

Microsoft claimed the previews so far have been downloaded 2.5 million times, with samples on its Test Drive site receiving 20 million visitors, and said it had "worked much more closely with the developer community" for this version of the browser.

The preview contains new examples of IE9's HTML 5 capabilities and Modern SVG.

Through its own tests, Microsoft has shown the browser outperforming its competitors Mozilla Firefox and Safari when it came to the SunSpider JavaScript benchmarking, whilst also demonstrating the lack of speed in the previous incarnation of Internet Explorer, IE8.

Keep an eye out for our first look review of the latest preview coming soon.

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Jennifer Scott is a former freelance journalist and currently political reporter for Sky News. She has a varied writing history, having started her career at Dennis Publishing, working in various roles across its business technology titles, including ITPro. Jennifer has specialised in a number of areas over the years and has produced a wealth of content for ITPro, focusing largely on data storage, networking, cloud computing, and telecommunications.

Most recently Jennifer has turned her skills to the political sphere and broadcast journalism, where she has worked for the BBC as a political reporter, before moving to Sky News.