so IE7 hey ...
Yes, yes I was one the suckers to rush off and hammer the MSDN download site to be one of the first to play with the long awaited IE7...
So it is installed and working, cool .... BUT
I still don't like it! and here's why ...
- FireFox has a built in download manager that can queue multiple downloads, pause & resume etc. IE still does not have one!
- The bookmark capabilities of FireFox far outweigh the simplistic favorites of IE:
- In FireFox you can right click a bookmark and say “launch in new tab“ IE you cannot!
- In FireFox you can have your bookmark panel open whilst browsing, IE you cannot!
- FireFox provides searching functionality for your bookmarks, once again in IE you cannot!
There are SOME things i do like about the “new” IE though;
- The “fishing” filter where they scan pages for you and warn you if the page you're viewing is in fact “fishing” for information. This seems to be the only new feature in IE.
- IE7 now also supports tabbed browsing! at last guys! thank you ....
- The new cleaner looking UI is nice; the lack of a HUGE stop sign freaked me out a little at first, but i eventually found it ... top right of the address bar, and once the page has loaded this switches to a refresh button ... nice touch!
So in summary my thoughts and feelings about IE7, well it appears to be a pretty(ish) new UI on top of an old IE with tabbed browsing support. and that's about it ...
I still like the added value features of FireFox and that will still remain my browser of choice, for now ... except for those pesky web designers that refuse to acknowledge FireFox (and it's implementation of HTML 4 standards) as a browser and not ensure their sites work all is well in the land of FireFox.