Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 Released

Microsoft have finally released the new version of their still market-dominant browser: Internet Explorer 7.

It’s the first new version of the Web browser since Internet Explorer 6 launched in 2001 with the Windows XP operating system.

Back then Microsoft basically had no competition left in the browser market and so it announced it wouldn’t be releasing any more standalone versions of Internet Explorer, and that the next version would only ship with their next OS, which we know now by the name of Windows Vista.

But since then Firefox surfaced as a strong competitor which has been grabbing up market share, and Microsoft were forced to give their browser an update if they wanted to stop the migration and loss of users.
And so Internet Explorer 7 came to see the light of day.

I haven’t tested this version or any of its betas or release candidates yet, even though I have seen it on some of my friends’ machines, anyway I’m not really optimistic that Microsoft will win me back as a user, but still I will give it a try to see what they’ve done with it. According to what I’ve read and heard, there are a number of good things that were done with it.

I’ll quote the official IE Blog with a little paragraph that sort of sums it all up:

“We listened carefully to feedback from many sources (including this blog) and worked hard to deliver a safer browser that makes everyday tasks easier. When I first posted publicly about IE7, I wrote that we would go further to defend users from phishing and malicious software. The Phishing Filter and the architectural work in IE7 around networking and ActiveX opt-in will help keep users more secure. IE7 also delivers a much easier browsing experience with features like tabbed browsing (especially with QuickTabs), shrink-to-fit printing, an easily customizable search box, and a new design that leaves more screen real estate for the web site you

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Mohamed Marwen Meddah

Mohamed Marwen Meddah is a Tunisian-Canadian, web aficionado, software engineering leader, blogger, and amateur photographer.

2 thoughts on “Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 Released”

  1. Just a Firefox clone.
    I wonder how the richest company lacks of creativity and takes 5 years to release a new version of the worst browser ever.

  2. Already tried a beta
    sucks like shit
    explorer 6 is even better
    the only thing that might bring back few users is the tabs system just like in firefox
    but too heavy and too slow as a browser
    and most of all lots af incompatibilities with some widegets, plugins…

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