IE7 Released

**Amroth** · October 19, 2006, 02:59 AM

IE7 is now released.

Not that I'm switching from Opera, but have anyone tried it? CTO of Opera Software, Håkon Wium Lie, called it 'a used car with a new paint job'.

**Sidus Preclarum** · October 19, 2006, 04:09 AM

OMG! IE HAS TABS! TABS!!!!!!
*snickers*

**Shaun** · October 19, 2006, 05:46 AM

Well. IE7 doesent have anything that FF dosent already have, and I still think that IE7 still only has something like 56 bit encryption?

**Amroth** · October 19, 2006, 05:56 AM

Originally Posted by Shaun

Well. IE7 doesent have anything that FF dosent already have

Nor Opera :wink:

**Steistas** · October 19, 2006, 07:34 AM

looks like they just copied things from other top browsers and thats it.

**Shaun** · October 19, 2006, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by Steistas

looks like they just copied things from other top browsers and thats it.

WEll that would be the winning formula.

i prefere opera's "ctrl + Z" option
does this ie7 have that

What does that do? I dont have Opera, but I might download it, is it better than FF?

**The White Knight** · October 19, 2006, 12:15 PM

Haha, as soon as I opened that link my avast gave a message that it stopped a serious worm from reaching my pc.

**Reidy** · October 19, 2006, 12:20 PM

So this does not bode well... The second I open the browser it freezes.

And its also using ~90% of my CPU.

**Spart** · October 19, 2006, 12:24 PM

Hmm.. Tried it, and it's same crap as before, good old IE. I mean, didn't find anything wrong with it(yet) but nothing special neither. I'll stick with the Firefox.

**Erik** · October 19, 2006, 07:54 AM

Will IE7 come with all new trojans and viruses? LOL.

**Amroth** · October 19, 2006, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by Erik

Will IE7 come with all new trojans and viruses? LOL.

It will no doubt be both backward compatible and next-gen...

**Locky** · October 19, 2006, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Erik

Will IE7 come with all new trojans and viruses? LOL.

ZOMG, new trojans, i better go download it. :tooth:

**vikrant** · October 19, 2006, 07:58 AM

i prefere opera's "ctrl + Z" option
does this ie7 have that

**Titus** · October 19, 2006, 08:03 AM

Im downloading now just to see how it is but I still will be sticking with firefox.

**Publius Clodius Pulcher** · October 19, 2006, 09:12 AM

I've been using the IE7 beta for quite some time. I just like the look more than Firefox. It works well, and the tabs are nice. Can't wait to get home and DL to final version.

**selenius4tsd** · October 19, 2006, 09:21 AM

At the moment I use IE 7 RC 1. For those who have the full, what (if any) differences are there?

**happyho** · October 19, 2006, 01:11 PM

"In a blow to Microsoft Corp., a Danish security company on Thursday reported a vulnerability in the software giant's newly released web browser that could let an attacker gain access to documents over the internet.

"A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information," Secunia said in an advisory on its website." From CBC.ca

**Erik** · October 19, 2006, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by happyho

"In a blow to Microsoft Corp., a Danish security company on Thursday reported a vulnerability in the software giant's newly released web browser that could let an attacker gain access to documents over the internet.

"A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information," Secunia said in an advisory on its website." From CBC.ca

Hehe, you gotta give it to microsoft for being consistant.

With their products it never a question "will it be secure?" but "how insecure will it be?"

**Lee1026** · October 19, 2006, 01:52 PM

So, any news on the linux support?
//joking.

**big_feef** · October 19, 2006, 02:06 PM

I use Netscape 8.1.2... best of both worlds. It has the features of FireFox with even more security and an integrated spyware cleaner; and the compatibility of IE. One feature I really like about it is that you can opt to display pages as either IE or FF; really neat feature.

Took the new IE7 out for a spin last night and this morning and didn't find anything to wow me. Normal FireFox still beats it by far... it just looks like they copied some of the popular features of FireFox, Netscape and Opera; without adding anything new themselves.