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November 9, 2006

Review of Internet Explorer 7

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I’ve recently upgraded to IE7 and I want to share my feedback about Microsoft’s latest development. As an avid Mozilla Firefox user, I was pretty discriminatory as Firefox was the next best thing on the web, but I still gave Redmond a chance.

One thing I did enjoy is that IE defaults to turning ClearType on. This makes reading easier; the drawback is that it is still nice to have crispy tight fonts like Verdana and Tahoma to not be anti-aliased. The tabbed browsing is decent, I find enticing the user to click the extra tab a little much. I noticed that a novice user has all these new controls and Microsoft did a poor job explaining the features their new “Blue Internet” has. Perhaps a flash video during the install would be nice. On the other hand, a streamlined web experience is certainly the goal of IE7 that their former counterparts never had. Less toolbars, no preloaded BHOs and Google built right in.

Will I still use Firefox – definitely. I’m not a big fan of Active-X anyhow and Firefox runs leaner in my opinion. Is IE as bas as it once once – No. IE7 is more of an accepted choice if someone mentioned they use it. Some people like Chevys, and some like Ford. It’s still the same stuff, just made slightly differently.

Last modified: July 9, 2012

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