Earlier this week saw the release of Internet Explorer 7. This is the much-awaited browser, with tabbed browsing, improved security, and acknowledgement of RSS feeds. However there are already reports that IE7 has a security vulnerability, which won’t make Redmond too happy (although they dispute it).Â
As it is of course, anything as large and complex as Internet Explorer has become is going to have difficulties of course, and that’s why the first advice for most businesses is to try before you buy, and wait for the first patch release. The problem with that of course is that IE 7 promises a fair bit to resolve user issues – security, tabbed browsing, and RSS feeds to simply information management – and of course it’s free, so it’s a very tempting upgrade. Who knows, perhaps it will save western civilisation, as I think the latest claims are amounting to…
By the way, I know that I am starting to sound like an old salt wistfully thinking of the good old days, but remember when a browser was, well, a browser?