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Editor: The Platform Preview is an early look at the Internet Explorer 9 platform so some features are incomplete, some may change, and some may be added. This document lists features available in the latest Platform Preview and known issues with those features. To view the latest known issues, see our list on Microsoft Connect.

Features Available:

CSS3
Selectors (entire module and ::selection)
Namespaces (all except attribute selectors)
Backgrounds & Borders (Border-radius)
Color (rgba(), opacity)
DOM Core Namespaces
DOM Range
DOM L2 Events
Event registration and dispatch APIs (addEventListener, removeEventListener, createEvent, dispatchEvent)
Event Capture, bubble and target phases
New event objects (Event, UIEvent, MouseEvent, etc.)
DOM L3 Events
CustomEvent, KeyboardEvent, DragEvent Interfaces
HTML5 Selection
XHTML Documents
SVG
The SVG in IE is based upon the SVG 1.1 2nd Edition Full (targeted at desktop browsers)
Most document structure, scripting (eventing) and styling (inline and through CSS) is functional
Many presentation elements and their corresponding attributes and DOM are available including paths, shapes, colors, and transforms
ICC v2 and v3 color Profiles are supported on images