Microsoft: IE6 vs. IE7 vs. IE7 in Vista
As in the case of the inhouse competition between Windows XP and Windows Vista, due to its prolonged support strategy, Microsoft is also one of its most fierce and stubborn competitors on the browser market.
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6.12.2007 Compatibility Issues When Surfing in IE7? Use User Agent String Utility to Spoof or Simulate as IE6
Although almost all websites has supported Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), the latest generation of popular web browser from Microsoft, but there are still some very few Internet sites that are still not updating the web server configuration for Internet Explorer 7 compatibility, and are not accessible by IE7 users and blocked the Internet surfers from viewing the web pages properly when using IE 7.
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21.11.2006 IE7 Virtual PC Image and IE6 Virtual PC Image Refresh
From the IEBlog: Hello! Just wanted to give you a quick update that we’ve dropped two new VPC images that you can use with the free copy of Virtual PC 2007.
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19.4.2007 Unpatched Microsoft Flaw Leaves IE6 at Risk
A vulnerability in as-yet unpatched Microsoft software poses a more severe threat to Internet Explorer 6 users than those on the next version of the browser, security vendor Symantec has warned.
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4.8.2008 Google brings Chrome rendering engine to IE6, 7 and 8
A thorn in the side of many web developers is Internet Explorer 6. It's an old browser that has many annoyances that cause those creating websites to have to add additional code just to have things render as they should.
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22.9.2009 Convert your firefox favorites and feeds into IE7 with "Firefox To IE7"
My friend blake, who runs windowscoding.com, has just posted this really useful application to his blog..
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30.7.2006 Free XP Virtual Machine image for IE6 web development
Different versions of Internet Explorer are unable to run side-by-side on a single Windows machine without patching various files.
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2.12.2006 Internet Explorer 7 running side by side with IE6. (standalone)
If you already have Internet Explorer 7 installed you might be interested in
Multiple-IE . An installer for the standalone versions of IE6, IE5.5, IE5, IE4 & IE3!
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11.12.2006 IE7 features
Internet Explorer 7: Now in beta testing for developers
The first stage of the beta process for Internet Explorer 7 has begun?developer testing! The latest version of the world?s most popular Web browser has been released for technical evaluation, feedback, and testing by software and Web site developers.
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The First Year of IE7
It’s been a little over a year since we released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista, so I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about where we are after the year.
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3.12.2007 IE7 Security features
All web browsers make security decisions based upon URIs. Many security features, from Security Zones to the JavaScript same-origin policy, depend on the browser being able to consistently evaluate URIs to determine their components, and to compare them to other URIs.
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IE7 getting the Google treatment
For those of you who have downloaded Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview you might get a surprise when visiting the Google.com webpage.
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9.2.2006 Screenshots IE7 push
Microsoft will distribute Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites shortly after the final version of Internet Explorer 7 is released (planned for the 4th quarter of 2006). I
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31.7.2006 Three million of IE7 in first 4 days
IEBLOG: In the first four days over three million of you have already downloaded the final release.
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25.10.2006 Microsoft Update now works with IE7
When
Internet Explorer 7 Beta released to testers it left testers with a broken Windows Update that wouldn't load properly, disabling the ability to update Windows with critical patches that have been released since the end of July. This seems to of been fixed and on my PC it even redirects to Microsoft Update before my chosen homepage is loaded.
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IE7 Beta 2 now available in multiple languages
After endless nights and countless slices of pizza, the IE team is proud to announce the availability of Arabic, Finnish, and German versions of IE7 Beta 2 in addition to the English versions we released a week and a half ago.
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8.5.2006 IE7 Beta 3 now available in multiple languages
The IE team is proud to announce the availability of Arabic, Finnish, German and Japanese versions of IE7 Beta 3 in addition to the English versions we released a week and a half ago.
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12.7.2006 IE7 Release Candidate builds are on the way
Todd from IEBlog yesterday posted on his MSDN blog about the future of IE7 as well as some tidbits about when to expect release candidate and final builds. You can find this information in the comments section
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4.8.2006 IE7 Issues Fixed On Forums
On the Bink.nu Forums, we use a component called FreeTextBox for users to enter their posts. Aparently, there was a small bug that prevented people from posting in IE7. I have updated the script files, and we are all fixed.
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9.8.2006On the Bink. IE7 - WMP11 Launch News
According to a new Vista-related press release on Microsoft's site, Windows Media Player 11 will be released to the public on October 24th.
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13.10.2006 Microsoft Planning Life After IE7
You won't have to wait another five years to see a new browser from Microsoft.
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16.10.2006 Microsoft's Response to IE7 vulnerability
Official Statement: Microsoft is aware of public reports of a vulnerability in Outlook Express which is currently under investigation.
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20.10.2006 Attackers take aim at IE7 flaw
Microsoft is warning users to avoid suspicious websites and emails after attacks were reported on an unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer 7.
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29.10.2007 Microsoft outlines IE7 security plans
Microsoft is tightening up the way its Internet Explorer browser handles HTTPS for version 7, which is used to secure online transactions, in an attempt to give people more protection online.
In a posting on the Microsoft Internet Explorer blog, IE program manager Eric Lawrence said that IE7 would support the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol by default.
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Security Updates for IE7 and Vista Beta 1 Available Now
Security updates for Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 and Internet Explorer in Windows Vista Beta 1 are now available from the Windows Vista/IE 7 beta downloads page on the Connect site. Direct links to these updates are also provided below. These security updates resolve a vulnerability in IE 7 Beta 1 and IE in Windows Vista Beta 1 that has already been addressed for released/supported versions of Internet Explorer by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-052.
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Microsoft IE7 Beta 2 Public Preview
Microsoft is planning to release, to the public, a preview version of Internet Explorer 7.
Dubbed "Public Preview" the release includes tabbed browsing, page zoom, tab groups, RSS support and improved printing support. The release is expected to be available by this evening (GMT).
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31.1.2006 Microsoft Launches IE7 Bug Database
Testers will need a Passport account to access the Internet Explorer Feedback site.
Microsoft Corp. has launched a public bug database for Internet Explorer 7, which is currently in beta.
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28.3.2006 Google CEO Reiterates Concerns Over IE7
Search giant doesn't like the integrated search feature in Microsoft's browser.
The next release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to concern Google, which nonetheless has no plans to develop a competing browser, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said today.
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1.6.2006 Yahoo! Ships Customized IE7 Beta 2
Recently at the IE Blog, they have posted a suprising yet pretty cool article talking about a customised version of IE7 with Yahoo! branding.
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15.6.2006 Microsoft will not rename IE7 in Windows Vista
IEblog: I had
mentioned a while back that we planned to call the version of IE7 in Windows Vista “Internet Explorer 7+”. Well, the feedback we got on the blog was overwhelming – many of you didn’t like it. So, as we’ve
said on our website, we heard you.
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5.8.2006Microsoft prepares IE7 Beta 3
for mid-August
The Hotfix is reporting a
Microsoft source has quietly
leaked that IE7 Beta 3 will be
availible to the public
sometime in mid-August of this
year. This goes hand-in-hand
with official MS reports that
they are indeed working on
Beta 3 at the moment.
One fix going in
Beta 3 will be will be to
revert back to an IE6 behavior
when using PHP pages. One IE7
tester noted that "when it
comes to compare the code in
the session variable and the
code in the post data,
they're different." Eric
Lawrence of Microsoft
responded with "for
compatibility reasons, we're
going to revert to IE6
behavior for IE7 Beta 3 to
prevent this exact issue" on
the subject.
In the past few weeks
Microsoft has made a few
references to IE7 Beta 3 on
their IE Blogs about bug fixes
and releases. IE7 Final is
set for a Winter 2006
release.
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02.06.2006The First Year of IE7
It’s been a little over a year since we released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista, so I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about
where we are after the year.
According to internal Microsoft research based on data from
Visual Sciences Corporation, there are over 300 million users are experiencing the web with IE7. This makes IE7 the
second most popular browser after IE6. IE7 is already #1 in the US and UK, and we expect IE7 to surpass IE6 worldwide shortly.
Perhaps more
important than the overall numbers is the positive impact IE7 has made for our users. As you know, we focused a lot on improving security in IE7. We
believe IE 7 is the safest Microsoft browser released to date. According to a
vulnerability report published today, IE7 has fewer vulnerabilities than previous versions of IE over the same time
period. What’s more, the report showed that IE7 had both fewer fixed and unfixed vulnerabilities in the first year than the other browsers we
compared.
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03.12.2007Microsoft: All versions of IE have critical new bug
Microsoft has confirmed that the unpatched bug in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) that hackers are now exploiting also exists in older versions of the
browser, including the still-widely-used IE6. It adds IE6 and IE8 Beta 2 to the list and recommends disabling the Oledb32.dll to stay safe. A Danish
security researcher added that Microsoft's original countermeasure advice was insufficient and recommended that users take one of the new steps
the company spelled out. In a revised security advisory, Microsoft said research confirmed that the bug is within all its browsers, including those
it currently supports -- IE5.01, IE6 and IE7 -- as well as IE8 Beta 2, a preview version that the company doesn't support through normal channels.
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13.12.2008Microsoft Hits 100 Million IE7 Installs
Microsoft announced Friday it
has hit the 100 million
installation milestone for
Internet Explorer 7, a figure
that makes the new browser the
second most used behind IE6.
Web analytics firm
WebSideStory reports that 25
percent of all Web surfers in
the United States are now
running IE7...
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16.01.2007Updated Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Images Available
VPC Hard Disk Image for testing websites with different IE versions on Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista.
This
download page contains four separate VPC images, depending on what you want to test.
- IE6-XPSP3_VPC.exe contains a Windows
XP SP3 with IE6 VHD file
- IE7-XPSP2_VPC.exe contains a Windows XP SP2 with IE7 VHD file
- IE8B2-XPSP3_VPC.exe
contains a Windows XP SP3 with IE8 Beta 2 VHD file
- IE7-VIS1.exe+IE7-VIS2.rar+IE7-VIS3.rar contain a Vista Image with IE7 VHD
file.
Note: For The Vista image, you will need all three files, downloaded and in the same directory, then simply run
IE7-VIS1.exe.
This VPC image will expire in January, 2009.
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29.08.2008Microsoft: "dropping support for IE6 is not an option"
Microsoft wants to see IE6 gone as much as anyone else, but the company isn't going to make the decision for its users anytime soon. The software
giant has been pushing IE6 and IE7 users to move to IE8 ever since it arrived
in March 2009, but according
to the
IEBlog, it's still up to the user to make the final
decision to upgrade...
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11.08.2009IE8 via Automatic Update for users running IE6 or IE7
Microsoft plans to distribute Internet Explorer 8 to computers running previous versions of IE (IE 6 or IE 7) via Automatic Updates starting from the
3rd week of April. The update will be rolled out gradually from a small user base to large number of users. The update will be a 'high
priority' update for systems running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and is an 'important' update for Windows Vista and Windows Server
2008. The final version of IE8 was distributed via automatic update recently to users still running pre-release versions of IE8, Beta 2/RC1.
Organizations can use the IE8 Blocker Toolkit to block automatic delivery of IE8.
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11.04.2009Neowin Asks: Who can't upgrade to IE7?
As most Neowin visitors know
by now, Windows Internet
Explorer 7 was released this
week. While there are probably
a few of you who will not
upgrade immediately because
you use another browser
(Firefox, Opera, etc) the
question of the day is... are
those, the people like you out
there who cannot
upgrade to IE7?
I
can't, at least not at work.
The private university I work
for has multiple programs that
simply will not function on
systems with IE7 installed on
them. As reflected in a letter
sent our by my boss to our
campus, "these vendors
continue to work toward
support, but it will likely be
January or February of 2007
before that support becomes
official."
While I
in no way blame Microsoft for
this -- these vendors, Cisco
being among them, have had
ample time to test the IE7
beta and RCs -- the fact of
the matter is our organization
cannot allow systems to be
upgraded on our campus, even
student machines (which
require a school issued Cisco
program to access our network,
that program breaks with
IE7.)
Are there
programs that you or your
company use that have forced
you to stay at IE6? Please
comment and share.
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20.10.2006Users, Web Developers Vent Over IE7's First Year
Users of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) turned a blog post by a Microsoft Corp. program manager into a complaint free-for-all that took the company to task
for not following through on browser upgrade promises and alienating Web developers. In the posting to the IE team's blog, Tony Chor, a group
program manager, used the passing of IE7's first year to tick off several milestones for the browser, including a claim that its user base
recently reached 300 million. "This makes IE7 the second most popular browser after IE6," Chor said in the post. "IE 7 is already #1 in
the U.S. and U.K., and we expect IE7 to surpass IE6 worldwide shortly."
Chor also said that IE7's integrated anti-phishing filter
stops an estimated 900,000 phish attempts each week, and that the support call volume for Microsoft's browser line is down 20% from a year ago.
"This is typically a sign that the product is more stable and has fewer issues than the previous release," Chor said.
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05.12.2007Firefox eclipses IE6 in web share, threatens IE7
Firefox 3 has become the first non-Microsoft web browser to overtake Internet Explorer 6 in market share, according to new data from
StatCounter. The open source browser climbed to 24
percent of users in February while IE6 dipped to just over 22.6 percent, making Firefox the second most popular browser by individual version.
Although Internet Explorer 7 still leads with 40.8 percent, the Firefox increase narrows the gap as Microsoft's browser has remained largely flat
since at least July.
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05.03.2009IE October Security Update is Now Available
The
Internet Explorer Cumulative
Security Update for October 2007 is now available via
Windows
Update. Alternatively, you can receive this and all other Microsoft updates via the new Microsoft Update. I encourage you to upgrade to
Microsoft Update if you haven’t already to ensure
that you receive the latest updates for all Microsoft products.
This update addresses 1 remote code execution and 3 spoofing
vulnerabilities. This bulletin also includes killbits for some vulnerable ActiveX controls. For detailed information on the contents of this update,
please see the following documentation:
This Update is rated “Critical” for IE 5.01, IE6 Server
Pack 1 on Windows 2000, IE6 on Windows XP, IE7 on Windows XPSP2 and IE7 in Windows Vista; “Moderate” for IE6 on Windows Server 2003 and
IE7 on Windows Server 2003.
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10.10.2007Stuck on IE6? Gmail's got your back.
Like many companies, the company I work for is mainly IE6. The older machines are running Windows 2000 and some of our clients applications
(applications we have no control over) don't work with IE7.
We recently tested Gmail Apps to use for the majority of our agents and one
of the biggest problems with the web interface was the lack of features that are available in other browsers. With the newest version of Gmail, this
is a problem of the past.
Gmail has been working with IE engineers at Microsoft to fix some of the problems they found with their code and
how it works with IE6. In order to see these changes you will need to install the latest updates from Microsoft (or specifically the update described
in
MS08-022).
New confirmed features for
IE6 users include colored labels, invisible mode and Gmail Labs. With Google trying to compete in the enterprise email sector I believe this is a
step in the right direction. What do you think about this change?
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07.09.2008Get Windows XP Free Virtually,
With a Catch
Microsoft is providing a free
virtualized copy of Windows XP
SP2 to assist developers in
migrating IE6 applications to
IE7. However, it will only
work until April 1, 2007...
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04.12.2006Microsoft Warns Of IE7 Lock-In With XP SP3
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer development team has warned users updating to Windows XP Service Pack 3 that they won't be able to downgrade from IE7
to the older IE6 without uninstalling the service pack.
"If you choose to install XP SP3, Internet Explorer 7 will remain on your system
after the install is complete," said Jane Maliouta, an IE program manager, in the blog entry. "Your preferences will be retained. However, you will
no longer be able to uninstall IE7. If you go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, the Remove option will be grayed out."
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10.05.2008Microsoft Bolsters Phishing
Filters in IE
Microsoft's anti-phishing
technology is about to get
better thanks to technology
from Georgia-based Digital
Resolve. The company's
Trusted Server technology will
make it into phishing filters
in IE6 and IE7, as well as the
Windows Live Toolbar...
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07.09.2006IE7 now on 100 million systems
Tony Chor, the Group Program
Manager for the Internet
Explorer team claims 100
millionth download of IE7
I'm pleased to report
that on January 8th, we had
the 100 millionth IE7
installation. However, even
more important than
installations is usage.
According to
WebSideStory
(the company we use to
measure browser usage), as of
this week, over 25% of all
visitors to websites in the US
were using IE7, making IE7 the
second most used browser after
IE6. We expect these numbers
to continue to rise as we
complete our final localized
versions, scale up AU
distribution, and with the
consumer availability of
Windows
Vista on January 30, 2007.
If you haven't
installed IE7 for Windows XP
yet, you can
download it
here. You won't need to
download it for Windows Vista
as it has IE7 built in with
all the same features as the
XP version, plus
Protected
Mode.
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15.01.2007Interview: Microsoft Exec
Talks IE7, RSS
Following a decision to
release a standalone version
of IE7, browser development at
Microsoft has come fast and
furious. BetaNews this week
sat down with Gary Schare,
Director of IE Product
Management, to discuss the
changes coming in IE7,
Firefox's growth, and how
Microsoft will bring RSS to
the mainstream...
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18.02.2006Microsoft Announces IE7+ for
Vista
In order to differentiate
between Internet Explorer 7 on
Windows XP and Vista,
Microsoft on Friday announced
"IE7+." The special
branding is designed to
highlight the additional
features IE7 will receive in
Vista, including Protected
Mode, parental controls, and
improved network diagnostics...
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27.05.2006Firefox 2.0 vs. IE7 in Vista: How Close?
Whatever Firefox 2.0 is, it
isn't "sweeping," and
nowhere does that fact become
more evident than in a Windows
Vista test environment. We
started up both IE7 and FF2 in
Vista, and were left
wondering, will Firefox users
be happy using their browser
in Vista without the
degree of changes they'd
experience with IE7?..
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26.10.2006Googles Orkut Drops Support for IE6
Microsoft may be opposed, but the
campaign to kill off Internet Explorer 6 has gained a powerful ally this
week: Googles
Orkut, the leading social network in Brazil, has vowed to stop supporting the
browser.
If you visit Orkut using IE6 today, youll see a warning message that says Orkut is ending support for the browser, while
recommending other browsers to try: Internet Explorer 8, Chrome, and Firefox...
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