Microsoft offers touchscreen improvements for IE11 on Windows 8.1

Microsoft launched the first public version of Internet Explorer 11 as part of the Windows 8.1 preview release in June, and the new version of the browser contains a number of changes and improvements that have been made specifically for users who interact with it via a touchscreen, as touted in a blog post Thursday.

The new version also improves on navigation between webpages compared to IE10, where swiping a finger across the page would take the site to the previous or next page. IE11 suspends and caches the previous page in memory so when a user goes back to that page, it should resume instantaneously. In the cases where some pages cannot be put into memory, IE11 uses pre-render technology to speed up the loading process.

IE11 is also the first browser that natively supports touchscreens for the HTML 5 drag-and-drop specification. The support allows IE11 users to press and hold elements in a website that uses the HTML 5 drag-and-drop code with their finger. It also supports Microsoft"s Pointer Events specifications, which allow for sites to support a number of different pointing devices, including multi-touch, pen and mouse hardware.

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