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IE7 finally arrives to kick some Firefox butt
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Microsoft on Wednesday released the long-awaited version of the Internet Explorer 7 browser for Windows XP. IE7 is available as a free download at www.microsoft.com/ie, and it also will be offered as a high-priority update via Microsoft’s Automatic Updates service in November.

A customized version of the browser for Yahoo became available on that company’s website a few hours before Microsoft’s own release. Neither Microsoft nor Yahoo were immediately available for comment on the timing of that release.

The browser runs on Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. Initially available only in English, it will be available in other languages in the coming weeks, Microsoft said.

It is a “subset” of the version of IE7 that will be included as part of Windows Vista, the next version of Microsoft’s client OS. Vista’s version of IE7 will contain two additional security features — protected mode and parental controls — than the version of the browser that runs on XP.

Vista is on track to ship to business customers in November and to the general public in January 2007, according to Microsoft.

Some of the new features available in IE7 include built-in support for RSS feeds, tabbed browsing and improved security, including an antiphishing filter that helps ensure users are not providing personal information to known phishing sites.

Microsoft hopes with IE7 to win back some browser market share it’s lost to Mozilla open-source Firefox browser, and according to the latest figures from OneStat.com, an web analytics company, early releases of IE7 seem to be doing just that.

According to OneStat.com figures published earlier this month, IE has 85.85 percent market share, an increase in share of 2.8 percent since July 2006. Firefox’s market share is currently 11.49 percent, according to the firm, a decrease of 1.44 percent since July.

— Elizabeth Montalbano

02:34 PM Mark Hiratsuka • Permalink
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