Yay, Internet Explorer 7 Is Out!

19 Oct

Posted by Andy Brudtkuhl under General, Microsoft, Technology

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Well, not really yay - but it is out.

You can download it from Microsoft here.

Interestingly enough, Yahoo is providing a Yahoo! branded version of IE 7 available for download which is ‘Optimized For Yahoo!’. Features include Yahoo Mail enhancements as well as a Yahoo! search bar and homepages.

Jeremiah Owyang was at the IE7 launch party and should have some interviews with the IE7 team up shortly.

So download it and have fun! And once you are sick of it, get Firefox.

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4 Responses

Jeremiah Owyang

October 19th, 2006 at 5:42 pm
1

Yup it was good fun. Wish you were there Andy!
Andy Brudtkuhl

October 20th, 2006 at 9:11 am
2

As do I! Unfortunately living in Des Moines, IA does not allow me to go to anything cool.
Doug Irvine

October 23rd, 2006 at 11:54 am
3

I’m a big Firefox fan but I’ve been using IE7 for a week now and while I’m not switching, it does some things rather well including:

- Blank tab for opening a new tab
- New tabs open to the right of the active tab (not all the way to the right)
- Every tab has a close x on it
- Button finds rss feeds on a page (makes subscribing something grandma can do)
- Has a built in feed reader

While having a feed reader is good, it does not compare to Bloglines (or similar) in these ways:

- Not web based (no work feeds at home)
- Feed reader is hard to find (buried in favorites)
- Can’t mark articles as unread
- Limited control over what articles are displayed (can’t do last week, session, etc.)
Andy Brudtkuhl

October 23rd, 2006 at 3:29 pm
4

Yes, I am not impressed with the feed reader by any means. For my money you cannot beat a web based aggregator. I had used the integrated Flock aggregator but I use multiple machines and that became a hassle. People think it will bring RSS mainstream. I disagree because even people who know what the hell RSS is can barely figure out how it is implemented in IE7.

All the items you mentioned about IE7 are available in the new Firefox, released today.

I have been using IE7 for about a month now and I do not see any reason to go back. Gotta love the Firefox.

Thanks for the comments!