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IE7

New features to include Tabbrowsing and new Search Box.

New IE Browser Catches Up With Rivals

IE7 requires Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and should be available in final form by early next year.

Personally, it's going to have to go a long way to convince me to abandon
my Firefox.

[I Fix 4 U]

I was reading a review on Windows Vista (codename longhorn) and it has IE7 beta and the guy says he has confidence but its gonna take alot more confidence for him to abandon firefox, and that on his beta copy he installed firefox as one of the first programs.

[SIR****TMG]

I'm staying with firefox ...........i have had no problems yet.......

[I Fix 4 U]

I wouldn't switch to IE7 for XP, but maybe (hopefully) I won't have to download a seperate browser for the new Windows.

[Big-K]

I'm quite surprised MS hasn't tried to buy out firefox so they can use it(slightly modified of course) as the new IE.

[I Fix 4 U]

Firefox is opensource. They can use some of it. They could use all of it. I think.

[EasY_TargeT]

Originally Posted by iXneonXi

Firefox is opensource. They can use some of it. They could use all of it. I think.

thats true and in IE7 i wouldnt be suprised if it has many of the Firefox features

[Tapeuup]

I tried the Beta version, I was very impressed, it's faster the IE6, tab browsing a plus & got the Firefox look. I believe most IE users will like it.

[I Fix 4 U]

I dont plan on installin any beta over the stable IE7 i have right now. Vmware all the way.

[Doom_Machine]

wasnt it ms that once used the pirate flag? i'd say they probably already used some aspects of firefox. but i'll stick with opera, i never liked firefox. i hate sites that force users to use IE, if it wasnt for that i'd remove it altogether and use nothing but opera

[I Fix 4 U]

Well it'd be troublesome removing IE lol, but you can surely disable the vast majority of its power.
I never really liked Opera over Firefox, as I still use firefox tho i've tried opera.

[HenryVI]

So IE7 is out as a beta, and not just to testers and IT Technicians??

But I ain't going back to IE, not for a long time anyways.....

[I Fix 4 U]

I won't install a beta IE on my main computer. No way lol. But yah its open to all. I think x64 XP is too.

[Doom_Machine]

Originally Posted by iXneonXi

Well it'd be troublesome removing IE lol, but you can surely disable the vast majority of its power.
I never really liked Opera over Firefox, as I still use firefox tho i've tried opera.

i use Nlite to remove anything from windows, theres also XPlite which does the same thing except it removes stuff after installation, my entire windows on disc is only about 150 megabytes now out of over 400 before i used nlite

[I Fix 4 U]

LOL my XP is 2GB and my programs files folder is like 80GB.