Internet Explorer 7 (beta)

The beta version of Internet Explorer 7 is now available for download. I downloaded it moments ago and am actually writing this post using it.

The first thing I did was check out this site which surprisingly looks almost the same in IE 7 as it does in Firefox. That makes me happy. I guess I shouldn’t be that surprised since this is a relatively simple layout that doesn’t use a lot of the hacks older versions of IE required that now supposedly render funky in IE 7.

My first impression is that they copied things people like about Firefox,like tabbed browsing. Next they made some necessary changes such as better support of standards and security features.

I haven’t used it for more than a few fleeting moments but I just can’t see myself switching from my beloved Firefox with it’s variety of themes and indispensable extensions. Plus,there’s a lot of bad blood between myself and IE after countless hours troubleshooting problem layouts that render perfectly in other browsers. On the other hand,Internet Explorer still dominates the market share and as a developer,there’s no way around it so this is a certainly a step in the right direction.

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