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Microsoft announces hardware-accelerated HTML5 |
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Microsoft's announcements at MIX10 took on interoperability and performance as central themes when it took the covers off the Internet Explorer 9 platform preview that included expanded support for HTML5, hardware-accelerated graphics and text and a new JavaScript engine.  Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of Internet Explorer at Microsoft, unveiled the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview that will allow developers to use the same markup and deliver graphically and functionally rich Web applications that take advantage of modern PC hardware through a modern operating system. Microsoft also said that it plans to contribute to the development of new features and enhancements in the jQuery JavaScript Library. The company shared the release of new software development kits (SDKs) for the Open Data Protocol (OData) that allows developers to access data from the cloud to create cross-platform web applications. Microsoft outlined its support for a number of HTML5 specifications, including CSS3, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), XHTML parsing, and the video and audio tags using industry-standard (H.264/MPEG4 and MP3/AAC) codecs. Microsoft also demonstrated a new JavaScript engine that uses the multiple cores of today's modern chips to effectively manage computing resources and improve web performance. The company said that by combining interoperability with a new JavaScript engine and Direct 2D technology, Internet Explorer 9 enables web developers to provide users with richer experiences that render more quickly and consistently. |
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