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IE7

Posted : February 15, 2005 at 11:28 am [America/Los_Angeles]

Microsoft to Release New Internet Browser

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) will release a new version of Internet Explorer, the world’s most popular Internet browsing software, with new, built-in security features, Chairman Bill Gates (news - web sites) said on Tuesday.

In a speech at a major security conference here, Gates said Internet Explorer 7.0, with new anti-spyware features, will be released for preliminary testing this summer.

The move comes three years after Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company, launched a major initiative to improve the reliability and security of its software, which runs on about 90 percent of all personal computers.

Reuters: Microsoft to Release New Internet Browser

We all know the result the last time there was a duel between a browser named Netscape Communicator and one named Microsoft Internet Explorer. Almost 9 years later, another browser war is on the horizon. I sure hope that the outcome is not the same.

No matter what, it will be fun to watch

Here’s what Dean @ IEBlog had to say:

First, some basics: we’re committing to deliver a new version of Internet Explorer for Windows XP customers. Betas of IE7 will be available this summer. This new release will build on the work we did in Windows XP SP2 and (among other things) go further to defend users from phishing as well as deceptive or malicious software.

Why? Because we listened to customers, analysts, and business partners. We heard a clear message: “Yes, XP SP2 makes the situation better. We want more, sooner. We want security on top of the compatibility and extensibility IE gives us, and we want it on XP. Microsoft, show us your commitment.”…

I’ve also gotten questions about support for Windows 2000. Right now, we’re focused on XP SP2. We’re actively listening to our major Windows 2000 customers about what they want and comparing that to the engineering and logistical complexity of that work. That’s all I can say on that topic.

Please know that the IE team is working hard. We’re eager to improve and better secure the web experience for the hundreds of millions of IE users around the world. We delivered on our part of XP SP2. We are actively delivering on our part of a great 64-bit Windows client. We continue to deliver on security updates for customers (across several versions of IE (back to IE 5.01) and Windows). We’re going to deliver on IE7.

IEBlog: IE7

Bottomline, if you have not switched to Firefox cause you suffer from MSphilia, don’t like the fact that it’s open-source, don’t like the fact that it has a release cycle that will always be far more frequent than MS IE can ever match, don’t like its plugin architecture that has spawned a bazillion extensions/themes, don’t like its already built-in anti-popup/anti-spyware capabilities and last but not the least, don’t like it’s equal support for “all” OS platforms, this has to be G-R-E-A-T news for you!

- Anand

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