Internet Explorer 10 Compatibility Cookbook
Purpose
The Internet Explorer 10 Compatibility Cookbook is designed to help you understand changes in Internet Explorer 10 that might impact applications that you developed for earlier versions of Windows Internet Explorer. Many changes help Internet Explorer comply with broader industry standards, and other changes improve performance and reliability.
The Internet Explorer 10 Compatibility Cookbook includes information about changes to features, identifies features that are deprecated or removed, and describes general tools and guidance. New topics will be added to this section as features are modified and as user feedback identifies areas where more information is needed.
In this section
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Certain versions of ASP.NET do not correctly recognize the Internet Explorer 10 user-agent string and must be updated. | |
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This article describes the best practices for building touch-first sites for both Internet Explorer 10 and new Windows UI. | |
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Support for conditional comments has been removed in Internet Explorer 10 standards and quirks modes for improved interoperability and compliance with HTML5. | |
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Daylight saving time adjustment can cause unexpected behavior |
In Windows Internet Explorer 9 and previous versions of Internet Explorer, dates are customizedby applying the ECMAScript specification's rules for storing daylight saving time adjusted times internally. To improve accuracy, especially with dates in the past (historical dates), Internet Explorer 10 relies on the system's rules for storing daylight saving time adjusted times. |
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DirectX-based Filters and Transitions (DX filters) are obsolete in Internet Explorer 10 for webpages in the Internet Zone. | |
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Support for element behaviors and HTML components (HTCs) has been removed in Internet Explorer 10 standards and quirks modes for improved interoperability and compliance with HTML5. | |
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In Internet Explorer 10, we've modified the default behavior of quirks mode to improve support for industry standards, such as HTML5, and to increase interoperability with other browsers. Quirks mode now exposes the same set of APIs and behavior as standards mode with limited exceptions as defined in HTML5 and related W3C specifications. | |
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The Internet Explorer 10 user-agent string has been updated to reflect the new browser. As a result, websites that use browser detection might not work correctly when attempting to parse the Internet Explorer 10 user-agent string. | |
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Windows Internet Explorer Download Manager: Information for Developers |
Downloading files is a very common activity, and in Internet Explorer 10 we made several improvements in the file download experience and integrated the SmartScreen Application reputation check to help users make better trust decisions. This article summarizes many server side customization options available with the Microsoft Download Manager so that developers can provide the best file download experience for users. |
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This article describes how pages function differently in Windows 8 between the familiar Internet Explorer for the desktop and Internet Explorer in the new Windows UI. | |
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Internet Explorer 10 now includes spell checking and autocorrect support in all document modes. | |
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Vector Markup Language (VML) is obsolete in Internet Explorer 10 (quirks and 10 document modes). | |
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Support for XML data islands has been removed in Internet Explorer 10 standards and quirks modes for improved interoperability and compliance with HTML5. |
Developer audience
The Internet Explorer 10 Compatibility Cookbook is intended for anyone who develops or maintains Internet Explorer applications.
Run-time requirements
The Internet Explorer 10 Compatibility Cookbook applies to applications that specify a browser version that is earlier than Internet Explorer 10 and that can run on Internet Explorer 10.
Build date: 6/12/2013
