Internet Explorer 7 Preview

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Paul Thurrott has updated his Internet Explorer 7 Preview article where he discusses what is currently known about Microsoft's next major browser release. Check it out.

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Before the Gates speech, there were indications, however, that Microsoft was reevaluating its stance on IE. First, the open source Mozilla Firefox Web browser, released in November 2004, was proving to be enormously popular with tech-savvy Web users, and its garnered over 25 million downloads in 100 days, grabbing about 5 percent of the Web browser market. (Today: Those numbers are much, much higher.) Second, Microsoft began discussing the possibility that it would at least provide minor updates to IE before Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn). In a discussion with Gary Schare, the Director of Windows Product Management at Microsoft at the time, I was told that the company was examining whether it could add features to IE 6 in XP SP2 via its component add-on capabilities. Previously, MSN had used this functionality to good effect with its MSN Toolbar Suite (see my review).

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