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Mozilla: IE7 will boost Firefox take-up
Talkback Stories like this remind me of how appallingly Microsoft treat their customers. Not making IE7 available to half of their business customers is self defeating. Mozilla have every right to feel confident about the use of Firefox on corporate desktops.
[July 21, 2005, 14:42]
Mozilla: IE7 will boost Firefox take-up
News The Mozilla Foundation is expecting to see a surge in interest in the Firefox browser from enterprise users once Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 7 next year. IE7, which will be available in beta this summer, will not be available to users of...
[July 19, 2005, 14:20]
IE7 feature news emerges
News After a years-long drumbeat of developer complaints, Microsoft may finally be budging on its support for standards and on key missing features in its Internet Explorer browser. Microsoft last month broke with a longstanding pledge and said it would...
[March 17, 2005, 8:00]
IE7 to fail standards test
News Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 browser won't pass a stringent standards test that rivals have embraced. In its browser blog, Microsoft acknowledged that IE 7 would not pass the Acid2 test from the Web Standards Project (WaSP), which examines a...
[August 2, 2005, 9:15]
IE7: Not just for XP users
News The next version of the Internet Explorer browser will be available to a variety of Microsoft operating systems, the product team has revealed -- but Windows 2000 may well be absent from the list. According to the official IE7 blog, the browser...
[March 2, 2005, 11:25]
IE7 linked to possible phishing scam
News Microsoft is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that could help cybercrooks launch phishing scams, the company said on Wednesday. An attacker can use an error message displayed by the latest Microsoft browser to send web...
[March 15, 2007, 8:33]
FF vs IE7
Talkback IE7 is NOT a new browser. It uses IE6 code so the insecurity is inherent. It is just IE6 with a new paint job. M$ has had time to do a complete rebuild on this browser and this is the best they came up with?
[October 31, 2006, 12:41]
Microsoft outlines IE7 security plans
News Microsoft is tightening up the way its Internet Explorer browser (IE) handles HTTPS for version 7, which is used to secure online transactions, in an attempt to give users more protection online. In a posting on The Microsoft Internet Explorer blog...
[October 27, 2005, 14:30]
Microsoft claims IE7 launch success
News A day after its release, some minor issues with Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) have materialised, but overall the new Microsoft browser appears to be well received. Microsoft has defused what would be the most serious issue: a first security hole in the...
[October 20, 2006, 9:10]
iDefense offers bounty for Vista and IE7 flaws
News Security intelligence and analysis company iDefense is to offer an $8,000 bounty for vulnerabilities found in Vista and Internet Explorer 7 (IE7).iDefense, which became part of Verisign in July 2005, is offering the cash as part of its...
[January 11, 2007, 15:44]
Windows 2000 users miss out on IE7
Talkback .and no doubt IE7 will require several security patches before the end of 2005 ::)
[June 2, 2005, 21:09]
Windows 2000 users miss out on IE7
Talkback One can not help but wonder if Microsoft would even had bothered with IE7 if it wasn't for FireFox. Which raises the question of how consumer friendly (innovative enough for the right price at the right time) Microsoft really is.
[June 4, 2005, 0:20]
Microsoft outlines IE7 security plans
Talkback You still want to maintain an IE7 friendly website or simply opt for a website that's truly industry (open) standard friendly?
[October 27, 2005, 23:40]
Microsoft struggles to push out IE7
News Microsoft is telling people that Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is a "high priority" update, but the company is taking longer than some expected to push the new web browser out. The software maker said it doesn't plan to push the browser update out...
[November 14, 2006, 16:36]
Windows 2000 users miss out on IE7
Talkback Why does anybody care? You can get Firefox for Windows 2000 right now. IE7, by most accounts, is just playing catch-up with Firefox anyway.
[June 4, 2005, 9:40]
Google claims IE7 is anti-competitive
Talkback This complaint is simply marketing B.S. If your broser is already set to your favorite, it is picked up by the IE7 install. Further, if one wants to be subjected to another engine, they can right click on the box and set it to whatever.
[May 7, 2006, 19:29]
IE7 gives green light to trusted websites
News Microsoft has quietly flipped the switch on a new feature in Internet Explorer 7 meant to combat phishing scams. The software giant in early January made a change on its computer systems that allowed websites fitted with a new type of security...
[February 5, 2007, 7:35]
Security experts voice IE7 push concerns
Talkback The interface of IE7 is not very intuitive and I personally find it rather unfriendly. So I use Firefox which is still very friendly.
[July 28, 2006, 21:55]
Stuttering Start for IE7
Talkback Poor IE barely out of the blocks and has had security vunerabilities exposed and Firefox 2.0 out foxing it the same week. Looks like IE's comeback is not going to plan. I'm personally a firm fan or Firefox so am not keen to see IE7 succeed anyway.
[November 1, 2006, 9:50]
Microsoft will fight phishing before IE7 launch
News Microsoft will not wait for the launch of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) before bringing out a phishing filter that works with the MSN Toolbar, as previously thought. The company announced on Wednesday that the feature, which had been widely discussed...
[August 25, 2005, 17:55]
