IE7 is out, whoo....=(

[Game master pro]

It seems that microsoft just don't give up, they won't accept that there is no need for IE any more, pretty much everyone uses Firefox now, but meh, we all know what MS is like...

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so, what do you all think, if you use windows, would you rather use ff or ie7, they have finally put tabs in ie, its about time too...i haven't actually tried it yet, so i don't know how good its supposed to be...,but look at this (LINK) already a bug out.

Yes i do know that this is still in beta stage, i was just pointing this out :P

So, yeah how is this competing against the other browsers of the world?

[fingal]

I'll end up using both. Windows at work and The Fox at home. Personally I prefer FF for tabbed browsing and customisation, but mainly because it's open source and it updates itself whenever there's a bug fix.

Good to feel that you're contributing if there's a browser crash and you submit a bug report to FF.

My immediate boss is a Firefox user, so not hostile to the idea of using it. I might suggest that we adopt it at work, but I'm biding my time.

[borromini]

It seems that microsoft just don't give up, they won't accept that there is no need for IE any more, pretty much everyone uses Firefox now, but meh, we all know what MS is like...

link

so, what do you all think, if you use windows, would you rather use ff or ie7, they have finally put tabs in ie, its about time too...i haven't actually tried it yet, so i don't know how good its supposed to be...,but look at this (LINK) already a bug out.

Yes i do know that this is still in beta stage, i was just pointing this out :P

So, yeah how is this competing against the other browsers of the world?

Since when is 10% of the market 'pretty much everyone'? Btw - I use Opera. It's all about freedom of choice, isn't it? If people want to use a crappy browser (i.e. IE), it is their choice.

[Game master pro]

Yeah, i know, it's all about choice, that's what i am asking, what is your choice

When i said "pretty much everyone" i know it isn't true, it's just that *most* people that i know use FireFox, and i know people who use IE, and i know people who use Opera, but i always thought that alot more people use firefox than the other 2

[fingal]

This is everything I know about FF and IE use:

* Firefox has increased its share of usage and eaten into IE's market share. I think Borromini is about right on 10% ... Perhaps a little more: I just read an occasional press release;

* most of the increase in FF usage is in North America;

* most of the time FF is used at home rather than at work;

* I don't care all that much, but I'm always happy when I read that more people are using FF. I've found it to be very stable and just FUN to use.

Errrr ... That's all really.

[techieMoe]

Since when is 10% of the market 'pretty much everyone'?

Since we were talking in the context of Linux users. This is a Linux forum, no?

[carlosponti]

well since moe mentioned this is a linux forum who is going to use wine for IE 7 on thier machines :P

[George Harrison]

well since moe mentioned this is a linux forum who is going to use wine for IE 7 on thier machines :P

I might have to.

In my high school class, Cybercorps, all of our work is now on the internet for the second semester. To my dismay, it only works in IE. I have expressed my anger for why it refuses to work in Firefox on any platform. I also only have two sessions done out of 9 so I can't really afford to fight it, otherwise I get a bad grade. As much as I dislike IE I might have to use it, are there any huge security risks from running IE on a Linux machine or only a Windows machine? The obvious answer is Windows but who knows.

[Apollo]

well since moe mentioned this is a linux forum who is going to use wine for IE 7 on thier machines :P

I know I will.

[Mr_Tricorder]

Running IE 7 through WINE may be easier said than done. I downloaded and installed IE 7 beta 2 on Windows XP when it was released to the public, and I got this interesting screen during the installation wizard that said:

Before installing Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview, you need to validate your copy of Windows with Windows Genuine Advantage. Validation assures that you are running a genuine copy of Windows. By using genuine Microsoft Windows software, you can be confident that you will have access to the latest features, updates, and support which will help to improve your productivity and expand the capabilities of your PC. You will also have access to new innovations and offerings available only to genuine Windows customers.

It then checked to see if I indeed was running a valid copy of Windows XP. I'm not sure how easy it will be to fake this in WINE.