"After over a year and a half, IE7 has been released to the public as of Monday afternoon. Download it directly here. Word hit the streets after several mangers of the IE division posted on the IE blog."

slidersv writes

"Not 24 hours after the release of IE7, Secunia reports Internet Explorer Arbitrary Content Disclosure Vulnerability. So much for the "you wanted it easier and more secure" slogan found on Microsoft's IE Website."

IE7 Vulnerability Discovered

Benefits over Mozilla based browsers? I am happy with what I have. Just curious if they offer something that Mozilla doesn't.

Um, they've played catch-up a lot and implemented many of the Mozilla browser features, so it should be an easy transition / pleasant experience.

 

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Firefox 2.0 is suppose to be out by the end of the month or is it the beginning of next. Anyway, I will be keeping Firefox for a good long time.

That is soooo funny, meta. Thanks for that.

Yes, they finally caught up to Firefox 1.0 just in time to be behind again with Firefox 2.0. Good job, Microsoft.

Edited October 20, 200619 yr by Sand

I gots teh RC3 and i dunt liek how iit mispellz intarweb wurds roofle.

I gots teh RC3 and i dunt liek how iit mispellz intarweb wurds roofle.

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I thought that was Hollywood L33t speak.

Anyway, I will be keeping Firefox for a good long time.

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And I as well, thanks to you guys.

( Who says that you can't learn good s**t on the internet?!? :D )

What is IE, some kind of unpopular browser ?

What is IE, some kind of unpopular browser ?

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You've heard of Internet Explorer by Microsoft?

I haven't.

Anyway, I will be keeping Firefox for a good long time.

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And I as well, thanks to you guys.

( Who says that you can't learn good s**t on the internet?!? :D )

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One can learn many, many things on the internet. The internet is your friend.

What is IE, some kind of unpopular browser ?

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Comes standard on any computer with a Windows OS. It was a great browser many years ago. Now good browsers like Netscape and Firefox leave it in the dust.

Keep in mind that Mozilla browsers are as buggy as IE, it is the fact that popularity is directly correlated with the number of discovered vulnerabilities that makes IE look bad.

 

Bigger popularity = bigger security threat.

 

 

 

Same goes with antivirus hit rate, by the way.

I will say IE is better at reading web page code compared to the Mozilla browsers. Bugs I do not recall any on either software. But I have had more crashes and freeze ups with IE than FF or Netscape.

I will say IE is better at reading web page code compared to the Mozilla browsers. Bugs I do not recall any on either software. But I have had more crashes and freeze ups with IE than FF or Netscape.

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IE is only better because some web designers design their pages specifically for IE instead of using standardised coding conventions. But there are fewer and fewer sites out there that are popping up with the "this site requires Internet Explorer" messages.

I will say IE is better at reading web page code compared to the Mozilla browsers. Bugs I do not recall any on either software. But I have had more crashes and freeze ups with IE than FF or Netscape.

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I take it you haven't been designing webpages much? Although IE7 is supposed to be better in this regard and is rendering pages more along the open standards (in other words, Microsoft realizes they were wrong and are taking steps to adapt).

i've been using the IE7 beta for quite awhile now, with no complications. it's adopted the ffox tabbed browsing which i've been a big fan of for... well... ever.

 

i also have ffox 2.0 and ffox 1.5. makes me pretty much a ffox ****. i prefer it over IE, just because it's smaller and has a lot of choices when it comes time to personalizing. i like that. i only keep IE around for those times when a site has been designed strictly for IE.

 

so, i'll update it and see if it works or breaks.

 

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i've been using the IE7 beta for quite awhile now, with no complications. it's adopted the ffox tabbed browsing which i've been a big fan of for... well... ever.

 

i also have ffox 2.0 and ffox 1.5. makes me pretty much a ffox ****. i prefer it over IE, just because it's smaller and has a lot of choices when it comes time to personalizing. i like that. i only keep IE around for those times when a site has been designed strictly for IE.

 

so, i'll update it and see if it works or breaks.

 

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Use IeTab extension for Firefox to abandon IE (as an app) forever.

Meh...I think I'll try out Firefox instead. One thing is for certain, I'm definitely going to stop using Netscape.