Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Review Summary
The community is split on Microsoft’s newest Internet browser Internet Explorer Version 7.0. While one reviewer praised Internet Explorer 7.0, stating “I have to say there is big difference from the old models.” However most reviews seem to fall along the lines of this statement, “If you're wondering if you should use Windows Internet Explorer 7.0, then I would suggest using something else- preferably Mozilla Firefox.” While Internet Explorer 7.0 does offer a plethora of new features including greatly enhanced security, much improved multimedia features, and (finally) tabbed browsing, they come with a steeper learning curve than most of our community was willing navigate. Nonetheless, Internet Explorer 7.0 has come of age and is greatly improved over prior versions. Read what our community has to say about this product as well as Mozilla Firefox 2.0.
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I remember Microsoft's first iteration of Internet Explorer released in the mid-1990's; the interface was clunky, slow, ugly, and not very user friendly. That earlier release was based upon the Mosaic web browser developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications' (NCSA) at the University...
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I realize that the world owes a lot to Microsoft. The problem is that Microsoft realizes this too and has finally reached a plateau of sheer corporate arrogance which is equalled only by Commonwealth Edison. Your provider of electric power doesn't have to worry about what you think. ...
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Ratings and Reviews
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Let's start off with the browser itself. It is unbelievably slow! It takes almost 2 minutes to get from Point A, to Point B, and it doesn't matter what kind of internet service you have! With the browser being slow, evidently, it will slow up your computer.
The interface may look nice, but don't let that fool you! It is quite often confusing, and no one needs that!
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I like things that are astheically pleasing. Pretty stuff. However, the technology's first goal should be FUNCTIONALITY first. Then we can make it look good, IF we can. Explorer 7 adds tabbed browsing, however, it also incorporates a load of add-ons. Fortunately, you can manage these add ons, but you'll find that you can't do much with these add ons disabled. These add ons, in turn, make it tremendously slow. Firefox is simple. It has the tabbed browsing, but few gadgets. AND you can customize the look of it. I don't really like Firefox's page presentation. But that's only...
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I did not like this product, It is very slow. It takes forever for it to connect to something, to load something, and it needs all these specific plug-ins to make silly little things work. They sure didn't make it any safer. You still get tons of viruses, spyware, popups, etc. I will never use this product again. One reason I won't use it is because I have a mac now and it has safari which is fantastic!! GO APPLE.!!!
Internet explorer 7 adds a lot of great features (most of them, already seen in other browsers, though) that will give you a new experience at browsing. On the other hand, if your machine is not suited for it (and most probably it wont) get ready for a new experience at slugishness.
With new features such as tabbed browsing, a new, fresher visual style and shortcuts such as the one that let's you clean all your private data with a single click, Internet Explorer 7 is a great innovation over it's previous version.
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Microsoft has came through again to make a good product even better with the release Internet Explorer (I.E.) 7.0. I begin using IE7 late in the Beta testing and liked it from the beginning. Although it was not perfect (nor is it now) but Microsoft responded to the bugs and fixed them and released a very solid product when it was released to the public. This newest IE product has answered a lot of past security issues and made the product much more reliable and more secure.
This is a very solid product and I recommend everyone to try it if you haven't already.
Internet explorer 7 is a great program. The main feature that makes it great is the ability to use tabs. The tabs are a great feature and allows for less clutter.
Some of the cons that I have heard include the fact that it's supposedly not secure. So far, I haven't seen any major problem with mine. My brother constantly has pop-ups and hijack attempts.
Overall, I use it and continue to use it (until IE 8 comes out!)
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