Internet Explorer 9 beta due on September 15

Microsoft has named the date for the first beta of its successor to Internet Explorer 8.

You'll be able to download beta code for IE9 on September 15, the company said Thursday. Microsoft told The Reg that it's not releasing code to MSDN subscribers in advance, followed by everybody else.

Microsoft is planning to formally open the download gates for IE9 at an event in San Francisco called "Beauty of the Web".

The beta will finally unveil the IE9 interface that's so far been missing from the preview editions of the browser released to testers.

IE9 will be the most standards-compatible version of IE in Microsoft's history. Support for HTML5 has been expanded to include HTML5 video and audio elements, 2D graphics using the highly-anticipated Canvas element, and there's support for embedded fonts using Web Open Font Format (WOFF).

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