IE11 will support WebGL and SPDY

If IE10 impressed you, what do you expect Microsoft to bring to IE11 at the developer conference this evening in Beijing time? A leaked message from Microsoft Developer Network subscribers seems to have confirmed the long-standing details that will be included in IE11.

As Microsoft's next important browser version, IE11 will come along with Windows 8.1 by the end of this year and will include many features that have long been provided in Firefox and Chrome.

According to Microsoft's news website (Microsoft-News.com), IE11 will include support for WebGL. WebGL was initially a standard starting with Firefox, making it easier for graphics hardware to support browsers. Microsoft's attitude has changed significantly compared with the "rejection criteria" of the year.

In addition, as a "semi-reversal" of Microsoft's policy, IE11 will also support Google SPDY. SPDY is a protocol used to speed up webpage loading by changing the browser to process site requests and headers.