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MSIE 7 May Beat Longhorn Out The Gate

Posted by timothy on from the sincerest-form dept.

Quantum Jim writes "InternetNews.com reports that a major upgrade for Microsoft Internet Explorer may be imminent. Apparently in response to the recent mass migration away from MSIE, top Microsoft developers have been soliciting for improvements in the old browser at a web log and at Channel 9, an aggregate journal previously discussed by /.. InternetNews.com speculates that improvements could possibly include support for tabbed browsing, better security, more PNG and CSS compliance, and RSS integration (which Firefox and Opera Mail already support). Go competition!"

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  1. bout damn time by SteveXE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All i can say is its about damn time.

  2. Re:Choices by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    how about a book on HTML now?
    you know, instead of [b]now[/b]

  3. In other news... by gwoodrow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... the Claria corporation (AKA Gator) announced that they will be releasing new versions of their "software" in the very near future.

  4. IE would be nice if... by DroopyStonx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it had:

    1. Tabbed browsing
    2. Password manager
    3. Pop-up blocking
    4. Download Manager

    I do have to say, it's quite odd how much RAM Firefox uses. I have Google's main search page loaded and it's using 48 megs! Before anyone suggest it's a botched install, this happens on several computers.

    Anyone know of a way to make it not use so much?

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  5. Re:I goofed! by Moofie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, if fucking United Press International can't keep "loose" and "lose" straight, I'm switching to Esperanto.

    Fuck English. Nobody seems to be smart enough to use it.

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  6. Re:Article summary--uh, "recent mass migration?" by sfe_software · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On my site, IE has slipped a couple percentage points in the past couple months (and it's not a tech site).

    I've noticed the same thing on most of my sites, most of which target Windows users.

    I also know a surprising amount of non-tech people using FireFox. I used to try to migrate people to Mozilla, and most didn't like it. FireFox has all the right options available (and all the right ones hidden), and really appeals to IE users.

    Primary reasons given by people I ask: popup blocking, and tabbed browsing. Two things that nearly every browser on the market has, except for IE because IE didn't have to innovate (or even copy ideas). Until now.

    Competition is good :)

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  7. Re:Article summary--uh, "recent mass migration?" by den_erpel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hm, you're right. I guess it is the habit of piping. I use grep more with xargs:

    $ find . -type f -name '*.h' | xargs grep CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_LEN

    or something along those lines.

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