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The install was smooth and fast and the first time load was fast as well. Once installed, I noticed that load times for IE7 and Firefox 2.0 were roughly the same. To get some official numbers, I used Process Explorer to measure the specifics on CPU time and I/O usage…Now let’s look at the […]

I can sum up my Firefox 2.0 experiences pretty neatly: I like it better than Firefox 1.5, but it’s not a major release of the browser. In fact, it’s stretching it to call this Firefox 2.0. Something like version 1.8 would be more realistic. About 80% of the extensions I use are supported, and I’m […]

I’ve been using various betas of Internet Explorer 7 for a few weeks now and have formed an opinion or two. Is IE7 right for you? Here are a handful of thoughts based on my experience with the new browser.
# Anti-Phishing Alerts - This is going to be a huge help to millions of IE […]

I’ve heard a bunch of people already whining about Internet Explorer 7 and how much it sucks and how it’s too little too late. I feel confident doing this in one fell swoop: these people are idealistic, out-of-touch, and at their very core, naive. IE7 is a major plus for anyone who understands the internet […]

There are a lot of changes within IE 7, though not as many as we’d hoped and some that are merely cosmetic. Missing are innovative, cutting-edge features such as search engine suggestions, live feeds within bookmarks, inline spell-checking, and session restore–features offered within Firefox 2– or thumbnail tab previews, desktop widgets, or voice (which can […]

Version 7 of Microsoft’s dominant Web browser packs in interface changes, many new features, and plenty of under-the-hood updates. It also arrived just days before version 2 of the up-and-coming Firefox browser, which will be final on Oct. 24. So which new browser is your best bet?
Firefox 2 offers no radical changes compared with version […]

It is ironic, but the laws of physics apply to technology. Since Internet Explorer won the browser battle 10 years ago, it had little incentive to change. So obeying Newton’s law of inertia, Internet Explorer did not bother to innovate. But they got a kick 2 years ago when Mozilla launched a browser that threatens […]

If you’re looking for major changes or significant new features in the just-released RC1 version of Internet Explorer 7, you’ll be disappointed. But plenty of work has gone on under the hood, and you’ll find this a more solid, faster, less buggy release than the previous one. It features better RSS support, a much-improved […]

Even though a number of us may not like to admit it, there are those among us who simply feel that using Internet Explorer overlays is preferable to that of alternatives such as Firefox or Netscape. OK, fair enough. And in that spirit, I have decided to go out there into the world of Internet […]