New browser due: IE version 7

[E.T.]

Comming soon [aprox June/05] MS plans on releasing a beta version of the new Internet Explorer browser in hopes to protect users from malware while they surf the Web. As many of us PC'ers know, malware has been on the increase over the last year, often causing our gaming bliss to come to a crashing halt!

The good news is MS has decided not to charge for its antispyware enhanced browser .
I think this is due to both cometition from other free browsers like Firefox & Deepnet Explorer as wel as MS's IE's past reputatuion for security problems.

We have looked hard at the nature of this problem and have made the decision that this antispyware product will be available at no additional cost to Windows users. The new version Internet Explorer 7 will "add new levels of security," he said. A first beta is due in mid-2005. Gates said. "I am very excited that we have this technology, and it really addresses a burning need for our users.

Besides the new free browser, MS will offer for purchase an antispyware product for corporate users.
IE 7 will be for users of Windows XP with Service Pack 2.

With any luck, MS can restore some of its faith in the publics eye w/IE7, or at least stem the tide of malware.

[Renzatic Gear]

Kinda too little too late for em, considering almost everyone is starting to make the move over to Firefox now.

[Lara]

The thing is, Firefox is not without it's flaws as well.
I've been reading quite a bit lately on this. Here's one web sites article.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/07/mozilla_flaws/
I'm sure there will be fixes for the problems.
But I haven't had much success using Firefox with VPN and networking.
Personally, I'm not happy with either of them!

[Hellfire1014]

They would be idiots if they charged for replacing their crappy products. Because they would of lost millions of customers, and people would be going over to a free based Explorer.

Firefox is the best btw.

[Mochan]

Hvaen't been to the link Lara posted, but I know three problems with Firefox as it is:

1. Bad with CSS. It seems to have trouble correctly displaying websites formatted in a certain way, I think it's the ones that use CSS. For instance, try going to the Dungeon Lords website, you'll see the formatting problems.

2. Crashes on certain forms. I've experiences crashed with Firefox specifically when trying to open a Browse window. For instance, when I try to upload something to Imageshack and browse for the file, or when I try to attach something to internet email, Firefox will sometimes lockup and stop responding.

3. Memory leak. I tried leaving a firefox browser open for an entire day, when I came back total memory usage was up to 300+MB and the PC was moving like a pig since it only had 256MB physical RAM.

I don't know if there are other issues but these are the ones I have experienced. Still, there's no doubt that Firefox is leaps and bounds better than IE6.