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Preview Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1

The web standards browser built for touch

IE11 is the touch-optimized browser built for Windows 8.1 – with more web standards than ever, features that put your site closer to your users in Windows, leading security, and developer tools that help you code across browsers and even apps.

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Try out IE11 Developer Preview on Windows 7

See what's new in IE11 for developers

Debug faster with the F12 developer tools

Abstraction of F12 tools UI

Speed up your pages and your workflow

F12 developer tools are rebuilt from the ground up in IE11. New analysis tools help you boost the performance of your pages and new features help you develop and debug faster.

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