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IE7 From a Firefox User's Perspective

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ok-it's-got-tabs dept.

Buertio writes, "A week with IE takes a look at IE7 from the perspective of a long-time Firefox user. The verdict? Microsoft has come a long way but still has some way to go before taking on Firefox and Opera."

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  1. Re:Well.... by the_rev_matt · · Score: 4, Informative

    I would dispute this, I'm running firefox on OS X, Windows, and SUSE Linux across a half dozen machines and have been since the beta releases of firefox. I have had three linksys routers (still using 2) and a linksys NSLU2 'storage server'. Firefox has had no problems doing anything including the firmware updates.

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  2. Re:IE7 Text Rendering by rnelsonee · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah, that's ClearType - a very nice Microsoft innovation that uses subpixels of LCD displays to make smoother text (basically it will address each R, G, and B segment of each LCD pixel rather than just giving the pixel a color value). For some inane reason, it's off by default on XP, and IE7 is the first app to use it by default. If you can take advantage of ClearType that means that a) you're running XP, and b) you've got an LCD monitor. To use ClearType in all applications (including Office and Firefox), right-click the desktop -> Properties -> Appearance -> Effects..., then select ClearType under the "... smooth fonts" item.

  3. Re:IE7 Text Rendering by NullProg · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah, that's ClearType - a very nice Microsoft innovation that uses subpixels of LCD displays to make smoother text

    Minor correction, your sentence should say assimilation not innovation .
    Microsoft did not invent ClearType.

    http://www.grc.com/ctwho.htm

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