Internet Explorer 7 released

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

In other browser related news, the beta of Firefox 2.0 is available to download.

I wonder which will be better?

[tibilicus]

Internet explorer pft. I will only take it when Microsoft use methods to force it up on us ~:P

[caravel]

Internet explorer pft. I will only take it when Microsoft use methods to force it up on us ~:P

Well technically that's already the case. Certain 'features' of M$ websites such as Hotmail don't function on Firefox or Opera, and Windows Update forces you to use IE. Combine this to the fact that the browser is integrated into the shell since Win98, and no one could be blamed for concluding that IE is being forced down their throats. Personally I've been using Firefox since when it was called 'Firebird' and didn't come with an installer but ran from a folder. Before that I was using Mozilla, both on Linux and Windows.

[LeftEyeNine]

Weeeehhaaaa !!! Nice job M$

[BDC]

Combine this to the fact that the browser is integrated into the shell since Win98...

But not with IE7! Security feature...

[caravel]

But not with IE7! Security feature...

You're right about that. Probably the only way that M$ can increase 'security'.

I am viewing this thread in my brand new IE7...

I'll stick with Firefox 2.0 RC3...

[Sigurd]

I'll stick with Firefox 2.0 RC3...

Oh don't get me wrong... I am not exclusively using IE. I will get Firefox 2.0 when it is released.
For now IE7 is the new baby and Firefox 1.5.0.7 will have to wait for the more 'secure' needed internet activty.

[Lemur]

Like the man said, all your IE7 are belong to us.

[Sigurd]

I am viewing this thread in my brand new IE7...

[Duke Malcolm]

pah, IE 7 mucks up a computer's connection with a BT Home Hub, if any chaps have invested in one of these things. My father had awful trouble with it...

[TosaInu]

..didn't come with an installer but ran from a folder.

Now, such software makes me really happy. It's annoying that any software just clogs up the system because the computer has to know all. I don't see why games should even thouch something like registry.

Some years ago when I used Windows98, I installed the system and made an image of that. Then I installed all software on a different partition. Windows started to choke (even after the normal defrag and systemrepairs). Then I installed the image again, basically making a computer that had no programs. Windows was fast and nearly all programs still worked.

[_Martyr_]

While im not a fan of MS in any sense, ill give credit where credit is due... IE7 is a big step forward. Admittedly, MS are playing serious catch up to Firefox and Opera, but is this a bad thing? Both are excellent browsers and if the 80ish% of users who are currently using IE6, eventually upgrade to something a little better through WIndows Update, it can only be a good thing. Ive downloaded IE7 and have tried it for a day, but Ill still personally be sticking with Firefox.

[DukeofSerbia]

Opera 9 rulls. Firefox 1.5 is second. I will never use IE; only if I can't choose the other two.

[caravel]

I've never liked Opera. When there's Firefox I don't see the need for it. I find it slightly overweight and containing 'features' that I never used. I may be biased though, as I remember the days when it was ad funded and came complete with banners or text ad links. This was reason enough to use Firefox.

I've installed IE 7 on a PC at work. Instead of using the explorer shell it has it's own shell (going back to the IE 3 days) which seems ok. Also if you open a windows explorer window and enter say "www.totalwar.org" nothing happens within that explorer window, and your default browser (in my case firefox) opens at that page. Before using IE 4/5/6 it would have opened it in the explorer window, turning that window into an IE window. This seems like a removal of the shell integration, or have M$ simply 'disabled' it?

[Husar]

Opera 9 rulls. Firefox 1.5 is second. I will never use IE; only if I can't choose the other two.

Psht, the less people use Opera, the less hackers will try to hack it.

[BDC]

In other browser related news, the beta of Firefox 2.0 is available to download.

I wonder which will be better?

IE7 does offer better phishing protection. Quite a nice package really. Of course they won't update it for another 5 years so it will be horrifically outdated soon enough.