diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/js/page-editor.js b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/js/page-editor.js
index 03adb7aca..96eed6bf6 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/js/page-editor.js
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/js/page-editor.js
@@ -331,36 +331,65 @@ $(function() {
     /* Set up behaviour of preview button */
     $('.action-preview').click(function(e) {
         e.preventDefault();
+        $this = $(this);
 
-        var previewWindow = window.open($(this).data('placeholder'), $(this).data('windowname'));
-
-        $.ajax({
-            type: "POST",
-            url: $(this).data('action'),
-            data: $('#page-edit-form').serialize(),
-            success: function(data, textStatus, request) {
-                if (request.getResponseHeader('X-Wagtail-Preview') == 'ok') {
-                    previewWindow.document.open();
-                    previewWindow.document.write(data);
-                    previewWindow.document.close();
-                } else {
-                    previewWindow.close();
-                    document.open();
-                    document.write(data);
-                    document.close();
-                }
-            },
-            error: function(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-                /* If an error occurs, display it in the preview window so that
-                we aren't just showing the spinner forever. We preserve the original
-                error output rather than giving a 'friendly' error message so that
-                developers can debug template errors. (On a production site, we'd
-                typically be serving a friendly custom 500 page anyhow.) */
-
-                previewWindow.document.open();
-                previewWindow.document.write(xhr.responseText);
-                previewWindow.document.close();
+        var previewWindow = window.open($this.data('placeholder'), $this.data('windowname'));
+        
+        if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)){
+            submitPreview.call($this, false);
+        } else {
+            previewWindow.onload = function(){
+                submitPreview.call($this, true);
             }
-        });
+        }
+
+        function submitPreview(enhanced){
+            $.ajax({
+                type: "POST",
+                url: $(this).data('action'),
+                data: $('#page-edit-form').serialize(),
+                success: function(data, textStatus, request) {
+                    if (request.getResponseHeader('X-Wagtail-Preview') == 'ok') {
+                        var pdoc = previewWindow.document;
+                        
+                        if(enhanced){
+                            var frame = pdoc.getElementById('preview-frame');
+
+                            frame = frame.contentWindow || frame.contentDocument.document || frame.contentDocument;
+                            frame.document.open();
+                            frame.document.write(data);                 
+                            frame.document.close();
+
+                            var hideTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
+                                pdoc.getElementById('loading-spinner-wrapper').className += 'remove';
+                                clearTimeout(hideTimeout);
+                            }) // just enough to give effect without adding discernible slowness                       
+                        } else {
+                            pdoc.open();
+                            pdoc.write(data);                 
+                            pdoc.close()
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        previewWindow.close();
+                        document.open();
+                        document.write(data);
+                        document.close();
+                    }
+                },
+                error: function(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+                    /* If an error occurs, display it in the preview window so that
+                    we aren't just showing the spinner forever. We preserve the original
+                    error output rather than giving a 'friendly' error message so that
+                    developers can debug template errors. (On a production site, we'd
+                    typically be serving a friendly custom 500 page anyhow.) */
+
+                    previewWindow.document.open();
+                    previewWindow.document.write(xhr.responseText);
+                    previewWindow.document.close();
+                }
+            });
+
+        }
+        
     });
 });
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/preview.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/preview.html
index 46a4d2867..d5c4b7a51 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/preview.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/preview.html
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
         <div id="loading-spinner-wrapper">
             <div id="loading-spinner"></div>
         </div>
+        <iframe id="preview-frame" src="{% url 'wagtailadmin_pages_preview_loading' %}"></iframe>
     </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/skeleton.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/skeleton.html
index ac5038056..e24c1a588 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/skeleton.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/skeleton.html
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <!doctype html>
 {% load compress %}
-<!--[if lt IE 7]>      <html class="no-js ie lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7" lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE|default:"en-gb" }}"> <![endif]-->
-<!--[if IE 7]>         <html class="no-js ie lt-ie9 lt-ie8" lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE|default:"en-gb" }}"> <![endif]-->
-<!--[if IE 8]>         <html class="no-js ie lt-ie9" lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE|default:"en-gb" }}"> <![endif]-->
-<!--[if IE 9]>         <html class="no-js ie lt-ie10" lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE|default:"en-gb" }}"> <![endif]-->
-<!--[if gt IE 9]><!--> <html class="no-js"  lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE|default:"en-gb" }}"> <!--<![endif]-->
+<!--[if lt IE 9]>       <html class="no-js ie lt-ie9" lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE|default:"en-gb" }}"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE 9]>          <html class="no-js ie lt-ie10" lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE|default:"en-gb" }}"> <![endif]-->
 <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/urls.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/urls.py
index ee68f4655..21f127c1d 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/urls.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/urls.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ urlpatterns += [
     url(r'^pages/(\d+)/edit/preview/$', pages.preview_on_edit, name='wagtailadmin_pages_preview_on_edit'),
 
     url(r'^pages/preview/$', pages.preview, name='wagtailadmin_pages_preview'),
+    url(r'^pages/preview_loading/$', pages.preview_loading, name='wagtailadmin_pages_preview_loading'),
 
     url(r'^pages/(\d+)/view_draft/$', pages.view_draft, name='wagtailadmin_pages_view_draft'),
     url(r'^pages/(\d+)/add_subpage/$', pages.add_subpage, name='wagtailadmin_pages_add_subpage'),
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
index f215eb213..c3eb24e9e 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@ def index(request, parent_page_id=None):
     pages = parent_page.get_children().prefetch_related('content_type')
 
     # Get page ordering
-    ordering = request.GET.get('ordering', 'title')
-    if ordering not in ['title', '-title', 'content_type', '-content_type', 'live', '-live', 'ord']:
+    if 'ordering' in request.GET:
+        ordering = request.GET['ordering']
+
+        if ordering in ['title', '-title', 'content_type', '-content_type', 'live', '-live']:
+            pages = pages.order_by(ordering)
+    else:
         ordering = 'title'
 
     # Pagination
     if ordering != 'ord':
-        pages = pages.order_by(ordering)
-
         p = request.GET.get('p', 1)
         paginator = Paginator(pages, 50)
         try:
@@ -177,7 +179,6 @@ def create(request, content_type_app_name, content_type_model_name, parent_page_
         'parent_page': parent_page,
         'edit_handler': edit_handler,
         'display_modes': page.get_page_modes(),
-        'form': form, # Used in unit tests
     })
 
 
@@ -263,7 +264,6 @@ def edit(request, page_id):
         'edit_handler': edit_handler,
         'errors_debug': errors_debug,
         'display_modes': page.get_page_modes(),
-        'form': form, # Used in unit tests
     })
 
 
@@ -420,6 +420,12 @@ def preview(request):
     """
     return render(request, 'wagtailadmin/pages/preview.html')
 
+def preview_loading(request):
+    """
+    This page is blank, but must be real HTML so its DOM can be written to once the preview of the page has rendered
+    """
+    return HttpResponse("<html><head><title></title></head><body></body></html>")
+
 @permission_required('wagtailadmin.access_admin')
 def unpublish(request, page_id):
     page = get_object_or_404(Page, id=page_id)