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Microsoft Still Finding Its Way With Updated Internet Explorer
Published July 10th, 2006 in All Categories, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 7+
Microsoft’s Web page for its new Internet Explorer 7 Web browser declares “we heard you.” That 
headline is missing one word: “finally.”
It’s been nearly six years since Internet Explorer 6 shipped — six years in which pop-up ads and browser hijackings made the Web a much more hostile place while the ever-expanding variety and number of sites also made the Web a far busier place. With version 7, Microsoft is making a serious, but seriously overdue, attempt to address those trends.
Microsoft’s site implies that the Windows XP-required IE 7 is the finished successor to IE 6. Even the page for IE 6 tells you to download IE 7. But this is a beta download — the most heavily promoted release in a series that began in January — offered for curious users to try out and suggest improvements. (IE 7’s "Give Beta Feedback" command, however, only led to a "page not found" error.)
And this beta is riskier than most, thanks to IE’s deep, complex integration with Windows. Microsoft Still Finding Its Way With Updated Internet Explorer
