微软8月4日公布了IE9 Platform Preview4，新版包含IE9 User Agent String，终于可以不再被服务器端识别为IE8，并提供了大量CSS3、HTML5和DOM的支持。
之前IE9公发布了三个技术预览版，分别提供了GPU渲染和新的JS引擎，并且微软正计划对IE9进行更多改变，使其全面支持W3C的Web标准，包括 HTML5, SVG 1.1第二版, CSS3媒体查询, CSS3边框与背景, CSS3选择器, DOM level 3核心, DOM level 3事件和DOM level 2风格。
Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 2 1.9.7766.6000版本的最新特性：
Features Available:
- IE9 User Agent String
- getElementsByClassName
- characterSet
- CSS3 Media Queries
- HTML5 Events
- DOMContentLoaded
- DOM Core
- DocumentType, ProcessingInstruction, createDocument
- DOM Traversal
- DOM L3 Events
- DOMAttrModified, Composition events
Features Partially Implemented :
- DataURI
- Support in script source
Developer Tools Features Available :
- User Agent String Picker
- A new tool that can be used to change the user agent string that IE sends with every request. The tool comes with some built in presets and new custom user agent strings can be added.
- Console Tab
- The console window is now a full tab and has been expanded to include the logging of diagnostic information from IE.
- Network inspection improvements
- Shortened URL
- Color coding for errors
- Scaling units (eg. 500 ms becomes 0.5 s)
想尝鲜的朋友请注意，目前IE9只支持vista和win7系统，XP用户暂不支持。
点击这里下载：Internet Explorer 9 Platform 1.9.7916.6000 Preview 4
