With the introduction of Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft completely overhauled the F12 Developer Tools.
We rebuilt the F12 tools from the ground up in IE11. They have a brand new UI and new functionality to make your developing and debugging faster and easier.
With the new F12 Developer tools, you can debug, test, profile, update the CSS layout, find a memory leak, emulate and checkout UI responsiveness, plus a lot more.
There is a great article on the Internet Explorer Dev Center for Using the F12 developer tools. I recommend you take a look at the article as it goes in depth for how to use the new tool.
Internet Explorer 11 comes with Windows 8.1 and will be made available for Windows 7 at around the same time that Windows 8.1 is released or shortly there after I would imagine. There is a IE11 RC available for Windows 7 now.
These updated developer tools are a welcome breath of fresh air and should provide to be very useful for every developers needs.
Enjoy!
References
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ie/bg182326(v=vs.85).aspx
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