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IE7 vs. FireFox: Why Microsoft Lost the Battle
Published October 27th, 2006 in All Categories, Firefox, Internet Explorer 7
FireFox 2.0 is out to play. IE7 is out to play. Who are we going to play with?
By now, you all know the fact that in the browser war the two main candidates have updated their weapons in a short time and that we can now evaluate their work. Both Mozilla Foundation and Microsoft have brought their competing browsers to the latest and most advanced version (2.0 for FireFox and 7.0 for Internet Explorer) in an attempt to convince Web users to use them more often while surfing.
The stake? A lot of cash from adjacent software made compatible with the browsers and a bigger market share. Both related, of course.
Since Microsoft is the target of this article I’m going to start with its product. I’m sure a lot of you interested readers out there have had the occasion of using it until now and also acquired information about what’s new in IE 7, so I’m not going to repeat all the stuff that has been said about it. But a few new features are worth remembering since two comparisons are necessary: IE7 vs. IE6 and IE7 vs. Mozilla’s FireFox. IE7 vs. FireFox: Why Microsoft Lost the Battle - Tech News - Playfuls.com - Science & Technology
