The relevancy of Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been fading. For a long time, IE has been anything but innovative in the eyes of the web development world. Recent releases of Opera, Firefox, Chrome and Safari have been a shining example of the future of the internet.
The coming developer's conference MIX 2010, Microsoft will be giving a preview of IE9--the next evolution of Internet Explorer. It is expected that the next version of Microsoft's web browser will support HTML5 elements, vector graphics and emerging CSS standards. This could be critical for Microsoft to stay competitive in the browser game.