Folks at MS are doing a pretty good job with IE recently. Even though IE9 is a bit behind "modern browsers" (text-shadow!) - it is a decent browser. And IE10 looks very promising, in fact it looks like it will have all it needs to be considered "modern". Could be even ahead in some areas (CSS Regions - <a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/html5/articles/css3-regions.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.adobe.com/devnet/html5/articles/css3-regions.html</a> - or hardware acceleration).
My only fear is that with Microsoft's old-fashioned way of releasing updates (plus lack of support for older OSes) we still will have to support ~5 versions of IE for years.
That's nice - but when will they add WebGL? I know about Microsoft's security concerns, but I can't wait to see how 3D rendering could innovate the web. I even have a couple of ideas myself...
Has anyone used IE10's file API and can speak to its capabilities? IE has lagged behind other browsers in replacing Google Gears for accessing file contents. Has Microsoft implemented this?<p>Edit: Just realized that there was in fact more info on the file API on that very page. The answer seems to be yes.
When will IE allow decent plugin development? Right now you need to jump through hoops, mess with c++ code, compile dll(s) and hope the user will actually install external exe. Insane.