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 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 Firefox 3 vs IE 7 vs Safari 3.1
A few short years ago the browser war seemed dead and buried. After Microsofts Internet Explorer usurped Netscapes Navigator in the late 1990s, its domination of the Internet seemed complete, over 95 percent of us using a version of IE.
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24.5.2008 Safari 3.2.1 Download
The problem was almost instantly isolated and confirmed as incompatibility with third party software. Apple has now issued a new Safari update, for both Mac and Windows users, which delivers stability improvements, according to the Cupertino, Calif.-based Mac maker.
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25.11.2008 Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows
Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web, up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer.
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16.11.2007 Apple Safari 4 beta - not for Windows 7
Safari 4 beta work only in Windows XP and Vista. Apple has released to public beta its Safari 4 web browser, and I thought Id give it a hands-on spin to see what all the fuss is about. Here are my first impressions and review.
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24.2.2009 Safari for Windows Vista na XP
The world's best browser. Now on Windows, too - Safari 3 Public Beta. Among the most interesting things Apple CEO Steve Jobs outlined today was the companys move to take Safari to Windows.
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12.6.2007 Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2.0 vs. Opera 9 vs. Safari 3
Thanks to odeeee for this article. Apple has compared the performances of Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9 to its own browser transitioned to Windows Vista and Windows XP and has concluded that Safari is top dog.
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13.6.2007 Security flaw hits Safari for Windows only hours after release
Thanks to marct for this article. Security researcher Aviv Raff claims to have found the first security vulnerability in Apple's Safari browser on Windows only hours after the software was released.
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12.6.2007 Microsoft Urges Users Stop Using Safari In Windows Platform
Microsoft's security team is advising users to stop using Apple's Safari browser pending investigation into a quirk that allows miscreants to litter their desktop with hundreds of executable files.
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2.6.2008 Apples carpet-bomb Safari flaw can wreak havoc on Windows
A researcher has created a proof-of-concept site that graphically demonstrates the risk Windows users face when using Apple's Safari browser.
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10.6.2008 Apple monster update fixes iPhone, Safari, Mac OS X flaws
Apple has issued a monster update with patches for about 50 security vulnerabilities affecting iPhone, Safari and Mac OS X users.
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1.8.2007 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
Its 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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31.1.2006Safari 4 beta released, Apple claims speed boosts
Apple has been working on the next major upgrade to their Safari web browser for both Mac and Windows PC to improve speed, reliability, and stability.
The browser is announced to be up to 3 times faster than Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla's Firefox 3. Safari 4 comes loaded with
the new Nitro Engine for javascript to help browsers execute scripts faster. Apple announced the web browser can execute
javascript 30 times faster than IE7 and 3 times faster than Firefox 3. The browser can also load HTML pages 3 times faster than IE7 and 3
times faster than Firefox 3.
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24.02.2009Interview: 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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26.10.2006IE7 to Support International
Domains
Microsoft said this week that
Internet Explorer 7 will
finally provide support for
international domain names
(IDN), detailing a number of
security measures it will put
into place to prevent phishing
and spoofing attacks. Firefox,
Opera and Safari implemented
similar protections earlier
this year...
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23.12.2005Is there a new remote data execution exploit for IE7?
All that anyone knows for certain as of today is that there are some browsers that appear to be the victim of new attacks using a very old profile:
embedded binary code for graphic objects appearing in IE7 Web pages...
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11.12.2008Safari Licensing says non-Apple hardware installs prohibited
In its rush to bring Safari to the Windows platform, it looks like Apple's legal department didn't quite do its job...
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27.03.2008Safari license says non-Apple hardware installs are prohibited
In its rush to bring Safari to the Windows platform, it looks like Apple's legal department didn't quite do its job...
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28.03.2008A Google Chrome user's opinion of Safari 4 Beta
Thanks to the iPhone, it's the world's #3 browser. Should its new version give Safari good reason to capture second place?
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25.02.2009The 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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03.12.2007Updated Safari for Windows improves security
Apple has released Safari Beta
3.0.1 for Windows, an update
to their recently-introduced
Web browser for Windows XP and
Vista. The new version is
http://www.apple.com/safari/do
wnload/>available for download
from Apples Web site or
through the Apple Software
Update application (bundled
with QuickTime or iTunes for
Windows).
Apple CEO
Steve Jobs introduced Safari
for Windows near the end of
his keynote presentation
during this weeks Worldwide
Developers Conference (WWDC)
in San Francisco, Calif. Apple
is releasing Safari for
Windows in the hope of growing
its market share in the
browser market. Some market
research pegs Safari in third
place behind Firefox, with
only the Macintosh market
using it.
Apple
issued an update to the Safari
for Windows public beta today
to fix the security
vulnerabilities that were
reported earlier this week.
Beta testers will receive the
update automatically through
Apples Software Update
application, an Apple
spokesman told Macworld...
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14.06.2007Microsoft to push IE8 as an automatic update
Microsoft has announced it plans to offer IE8 via Windows Update. In a move that will likely anger rivals such as Apple and Google, Microsoft will be
pushing Internet Explorer 8 via Windows Update. Google raised concerns back in 2006 when IE7 was originally released via Windows Update. Apple
received negative press last year when it tried to push Safari to iTunes users. Many users never had Safari installed but it was listed under
Apple's software update program for install. The IE8 update will be released as the highest priority update for each operating system. For
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, it will be listed as Important.
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07.01.2009Apple to release Safari browser for Windows (Updated)
Update: The beta is now
available for download at the
http://apple.com/safari>Safari
Home page. The direct download
link is available
http://appldnld.apple.com.edge
suite.net/content.info.apple.c
om/Safari3/061-2827.20070611.x
1qX21dQ3kIk70G2vDKN0t/SafariSe
tup.exe>here.
Apple Inc. at its
developer conference on Monday
announced that it plans to
make available a version of
its
http://apple.com/safari>Safari
Web browser for rival
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows
operating systems.
Safari 3.0 will run on
Windows XP and Windows Vista
in addition to Mac OS X
Leopard, company chief
executive Steve Jobs announced
during his inaugural keynote
address.
Early
benchmarks show the Apple
browser to render both HTML
and JavaScript at speeds more
than twice as fast as
Microsoft's Internet Explorer
browser. Under iBench's HTML
benchmark test, Safari
rendered the page in 2.2
seconds compared to 3.7 for
FireFox and 4.6 for Internet
Explorer. ..
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12.06.2007Internet Explorer 7 to see
early 2006 public beta
Internet Explorer fans
can look forward to a public
beta of the upcoming version 7
of that popular browser
sometime in the first quarter
of 2006. That fact, revealed
on the Microsoft Developer
Network web site today, may
herald a return of the browser
wars.
IE7,
an early beta of which is
already in the hands of
developers, is touted to
contain such innovations as
RSS, tabbed browsing, CSS
compliance, and better
security features. Astute
readers will note that those
features are already available
in alternatives such as
Firefox, Opera, and Apple's
Safari. It is something of a
technological tradition for a
big company to, er, build on
the innovations of smaller
ones, and IE7 looks to follow
that rule. However, all those
browsers together can't touch
Internet Explorer's estimated
80-90% market share, leaving
Internet Explorer as the dog
to beat. Microsoft is no doubt
looking to make a statement to
the encroaching upstarts that
have been eyeing its
territory. Statements aside,
it looks like they just
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archi
ve/2005/12/06/500599.aspx]want
the kind of QA love only a
public beta can
give.
"We want
to make sure that everyone has
an opportunity to try a
pre-release version of IE7 and
tell us how it works with
their web sites, their
applications, their add-ons,
and how they use the web
overall." ..
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08.12.2005Apple Releases Safari 3.0.2
Apple continues to patch holes
in its Safari for Windows,
releasing version 3.0.2 of the
browser. The update addresses
security issues and contains
several functionality tweaks...
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27.06.2007Microsoft 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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02.06.2006Security flaw hits Safari on Windows
Security researcher Aviv Raff
claims to have found the first
security vulnerability in
Apple's Safari browser on
Windows only hours after the
software was released.
Raff tested the
application against a standard
browser security testing tool.
"A first glance at the
debugger showed me that this
memory corruption might be
exploitable. Although I'll
have to dig more to be sure of
that,"
http://aviv.raffon.net/2007/06
/11/AppleSafariForWindowsOutWi
thACrash.aspx>he wrote on his
blog.
Apple lists the
browser's security as one of
12 reasons "why you'll love
Safari" and adds that "Apple
engineers designed Safari to
be secure from day one."..
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12.06.20073 Million IE7 Downloads in 4 Days
Microsoft is heralding the
launch of Internet Explorer 7
as a success, announcing that
the new browser has been
downloaded three million times
in the first four days. Early
next month, customers will
begin receiving IE7
automatically, at which time
adoption numbers will likely
skyrocket...
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26.10.2006How to check your Hotmail in Safari (3 or) 4
Like a lot of other issues with Hotmail and non-IE browsers, you just need to change the User Agent string to fool Hotmail into thinking it is dealing
with a browser it knows about. In Safari, this is pretty easy to do. As far as we can tell, however, Safari doesnt remember the User Agent settings
from session to session, so you would need to reset the User Agent for each new session that you want to check your Hotmail account.
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08.03.2009Safari for Windows Downloads Top 1 Million In 48 Hours
Apple today announced
(http://www.apple.com/pr/libra
ry/2007/06/14safari.html>via a
news release) that more than 1
million copies of Safari for
Windows were downloaded in the
first 48 hours since the free
public beta was made available
on Monday.
Many see
Apple's release of Safari for
Windows as an opportunity for
Apple to further attract
customers to the Mac, while
also raising usage of its
Safari web browser, which
would theoretically require
more website developers to
ensure that their sites work
properly with Safari.
In related news, Apple
today
http://winbeta.org/comments.ph
p?catid=1&id=7805>updated the
Safari for Windows beta to
3.0.1, which patches some of
the security flaws that were
recently discovered in the
software.
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