Few months back, at the PDC 2009 in November, Microsoft announced that they will be releasing a newer version of their browser i.e. Internet Explorer 9.

As the second day of MIX10 kicks off, Microsoft unveiled the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview build for developers to try and experience how fast is the next IE.

Since the older versions of Internet Explorer had many bugs that caused many people to shift from their default Windows browsers to other alternative, Microsoft now attempts to bring back all the users who are using other web browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox.

Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft General Manager of team responsible for the design, development, and release of Internet Explorer said,

“We are committed to updating the preview every eight weeks.”

Internet Explorer 9 is built upon a new Javascript engine known as Chakra which is faster and supports greater interoperability and standards. They also claim that the new Internet Explorer 9 will be faster and much more stable then the older versions which is a good sign, if they want to get hold of high browser market share.

The platform preview release of Internet Explorer 9 can be downloaded from the link given below.

Download Internet Explorer 9 Preview