Comments on: Internet Explorer 7 Available Now

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:33:30 +0000

Sticking to IE6.0 for now, but how do you get rid of the MS page that comes up when I start up IE that's wants you to upgrade to IE7.0? It overrides my default homepage!

By: JimE

JimE — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:40:08 +0000

Unfortunately IE7 is a dismal failure at W3C standards compliance, no doubt for petty political reasons. I'll always use browsers that have the greatest compliance to those standards. And as for security, FF and Opera win hands down. Disclaimer: I am a happy user of Linux, both at work and at home, MS alienated me long ago with their dishonesty.

By: BobMin

BobMin — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:29:18 +0000

IE7 takes over your computer and makes you pay for add-ons. It was hard to remove because it is installed as an update not as a new program. After you remove it – you have no system. I don't want to have my wallet out while I am using a browser.

By: Andrei

Andrei — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:05:04 +0000

IE6 is already full of trash so what will you expect of IE7…if you want to destroy your computer, go ahead & download IE7. If you wanna be safe & sound then just use FireFox 2.0 (RC-3 now!)

By: Tobius

Tobius — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:09:18 +0000

If you haven't taken the plunge yet you might want to hold off a bit longer. The vulnerabilities have already begun rolling in. Kudos to Secunia for leading the forefront:
http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_Arbitrary_Con...

Good job M$! Fight the good fight and keep that track record going strong!

I think I'll just stick with my trusty Firefox and watch from the sidelines as the next onslaught of M$ debauchery unveils. =)

By: Grady

Grady — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:05:44 +0000

Works great. I like it a lot…very easy to work with. Much better than IE 6

By: freakxx

freakxx — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:04:01 +0000

I have used both FF-2(RC3 by now) and IE-7. What IE7 has done is not more than copy and paste from FF features…just pasted (didn't care to organize it properly what an user may find useful and convenient to use). I would strongly recommend ppl to try out FireFox-2 (RC-3 now) at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-rc.htm... and think twice before u install IE-7. About memory leak of FF-2, the situation has improved to much better in FF-2.0. So, no worry of memory leakage anymore.

By: ashok pai

ashok pai — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:58:34 +0000

i like FF2 better – the spell check works like a charm. yeah the memory leakages are a pain – but i only have a few extensions – cant live without those. IE7 beating FF2? not a chance! MS should've worked on IE7 for a longer period, not some knee jerk reaction to shrinking market size rather than some serious thought to suffering users all over. i hope sense prevails, and people download IE7 to cover thier a*** (for all those IE6 users)

By: Thomas Beaucorut

Thomas Beaucorut — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:39:03 +0000

IE7 has nearly catched up with Firefox 1.5. Firefox 2.0 is one more step ahead, though.

And IE7 only works on XP… and is probably impossible to uninstall. I'm not going to install it on anything production-related.

By: Uday Shankar

Uday Shankar — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:21:56 +0000

IE7 rocks!! Seriously, it does!! I had used the RC1 version and today, I downloaded the public release version and used it. I have been using it for a few hours now and frankly, I think anyone who uses it will be impressed (except for die hard Firefox fans).

I am a fan of Firefox too and I dont find too much of a difference between Firefox and IE7. The only small difference I notice is that IE7 loads faster than Firefox.