Comments on: IE attempts a comeback

It's been nearly five years since the last major version of Internet Explorer was released. Now IE 7 is here.

[Vegaman_Dan]

CNET Bias?

There's a lot of talk about how biased CNET is towards Microsoft, but it appears that they took off the kid gloves when giving their opinion of IE7.

In short, they don't like it.

They mentioned the security issues inherited from earlier browsers, the incompatability with W3C standards, and the hard to use layout of controls. In addition, it's using an outdated core engine and they complained about the lack of security updates per month as compared to others.

They had nothing but great things to say about Opera (their preferred choice) and Firefox (a close second). No disparaging remarks about those, but they sure heaped it on high on IE 7.

So then, for all you folks who love to say that CNET is a Microsoft shill- this review's for you. Now quit using that argument since it doesn't apply.

Thanks!

[escaport]

Securty flaw found in first 24 hours

Due to this and many past security lapses by Microsoft, I will not be
using this.

Flaw link:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22477/

[E B]

What happened to innovation?

Remember how Microsoft said they had to "integrate" the browser into the OS to improve innovation? And that stifling Microsoft would mean stifling innovation?

Why is it that their new browser, which isn't bad, is largely full of ideas borrowed from others? Where's the innovation?

Perhaps the antitrust crowd was right when they said Microsoft's "monopoly" was what was threatening innovation, not the lawsuit itself.

[jayt16]

IE 7 breaks video viewing in MSN com

For a long time I had a problem viewing videos on MSN.com.(I would get the dreaded popup saying "IE must close.." After I downloaded and installed SP2, the problem went away. However, since I have downloaded and installed IE 7, the problem is back. I have temporarily reverted to IE 6, which still has no problem. Other than than I think I like IE 7.

[poopster]

The good and bad

With all the Firefox fanfare I will always stand firm that IE6 had a faster rendering engine. It worked for me and I never really felt a need to switch. I was quite surprised after installing IE7 that I wasn't all that happy. I'm not saying IE7 is bad, the security features are good, but there are some things that bother me, almost to the point of wanting to switch to something else.

For one I don't like the aliased text. Not that big a deal, but I wish their was a way to disable it.

Also I hate the new menu. Yes its not so cluttered but I'm a bit old school and like using the favorites drop down menu. I hate the current method to select favorites.

and last, IE7 is actually slower than IE6! Ive hit a number of sites and its noticeable. Hmmm.

[mvdyk03]

Should have tried the betas...

If you think it's slow now, you should have tried the beta releases or the release candidate....It was absolutely ridiculous. Having been using those for months and putting up with their snail pace, the release version is actually snappy to me.