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Google Releases Customized IE 7

Posted by Zonk on from the they-were-bored dept.

narramissic writes "Google has released a customized version of Internet Explorer 7 that uses Google as the default search engine and provides users with the Google Toolbar and a Google homepage they can personalize. Perhaps not exactly what Microsoft intended when they released the Internet Explorer Administration Kit, which allows developers to customize IE."

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  1. They're not the first, are they? by JeremyBanks · · Score: 5, Informative

    Isn't this what Yahoo already did?

    1. Re:They're not the first, are they? by Chrismith · · Score: 5, Informative
      Not only did Yahoo do this first, but when Google first released their version, they blatantly ripped off Yahoo's page.

      If you look closely at the pictures, you can even see where they blurred out the "Y!" logo in the IE7 screenshot.

      Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Google supporter, but someone dropped the ball on this. (It's since been fixed.)

    2. Re:They're not the first, are they? by Simon+Donkers · · Score: 5, Informative

      Google noticed the fuss everywhere and has since then changed the page. A very interesting post about this is made by Matt Cutts (Google employee) on his private blog explaining how annoying it is if somebody steals your layout. Very interesting read.
      http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ie7-promo-page/

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  2. Re:But... by Tetravus · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Only geeks care about "the browser war".

    Well, geeks and people who have to design two or three different implementations of a web page so it will show up correctly for all visitors. Oh, and the people who have to pay those developers who are now putting in overtime... and the content authors whose work is framed by the pages that the developers make (and want to appear equally professional to all visitors)... and maybe the investors in the company that hired the developers who want to get to IPO and get their money out as soon as possible.

    But yeah, mostly just geeks care about that stuff ;-)

  3. This is news? by MeanMF · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah I'm sure the Microsoft folks will be devastated if a lot of people download and use their software....

  4. Isnt this exactly what Microsoft intended.... by slashnar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is everyone here this dumb?? This is exactly what was intended when the Administration kit was made. Microsoft would want everyone out there(Amazon, eBay, Apple for gods sakes) to be pushing out a customized version of IE7. Dont u get it??

  5. Re:Activation? by Arctic+Dragon · · Score: 5, Informative

    My IE7 Program File directory is 2.57MB, but since installing it required two reboots, I imagine that additional files are scattered all over the place.

    A couple of months ago, I did some quick testing to see which browser uses the most RAM. I checked the RAM usage right after starting the browser with a blank page, and again after opening a total of 3 tabs (of course, YMMV):

    Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (default theme, no extensions)
    blank page: 20MB
    3 open tabs: 31MB

    Mozilla Firefox trunk build (default theme, no extensions)
    blank page: 20MB
    3 open tabs: 30MB

    Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1A
    blank page: 17MB
    3 open tabs: 28MB

    K-Meleon 1.02
    blank page: 15MB
    3 open tabs: 24MB

    Internet Explorer 6.0SP2
    blank page: 11MB

    Internet Explorer 7.0
    blank page: 17MB
    3 open tabs: 35MB

    Opera 9.02
    blank page: 14MB
    3 open tabs: 24MB