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Xplicit · 02-15-2005, 01:03 PM

http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/15/tech...ex.htm?cnn=yes

Microsoft plans new browser version

Gates says Internet Explorer 7 will have security features to prevent viruses, spyware, 'phishing.'
February 15, 2005: 1:43 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. will release a new version of Internet Explorer, the world's most widely used Internet browsing software, with new, built-in security features, Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday.

"We have decided to do a new version of Internet Explorer, this is IE 7," Gates said at the RSA Security Conference being held in San Francisco.

The world's largest software maker had not previously indicated whether it planned to release a new version of IE.

Recently, however, Microsoft's browser has been facing competition for the first time in years from the Firefox browser, a free Web browser developed by a network of software programmers.

The new version of IE, which will be released for preliminary testing this summer, will have new protections against viruses, spyware and "phishing" scams, which fool users into entering sensitive information on Web pages that appear to be legitimate.

Gates said security remains the biggest threat to the "fantastic advances" happening in the world of technology, and that Microsoft was spending more than a third of its annual $6 billion in research and development spending on security.

The move comes three years after Microsoft, the world's biggest software company, launched a major initiative to improve the reliability and security of its software, which runs on about 90 percent of all personal computers.

Analysts have said that tech-savvy users are switching to Firefox because it offers better security as well as some features that are not available on IE.

Firefox usage: 5%
According to Web statistics tracking firm WebSideStory Inc., nearly 5 percent of Web surfers now use Firefox.

Internet Explorer held a 90.3-percent share of U.S. browser usage at the middle of January, compared with a 95.5-percent share in mid-2004.

Microsoft is also gearing up its other security efforts, and last month began offering a preliminary version of its free anti-spyware software, which prevents malicious programs from snooping for data on computers and recording a user's keystrokes.

Microsoft is also planning to release an anti-virus product, but Gates did not provide details in Tuesday's speech.

Firefox is based on the Mozilla browser, which itself is based on much of the underlying software code from Netscape, the Web browser that was instrumental in the Internet's growth in the 1990s.

Instead of a company, however, a network of programmers called the Mozilla Foundation jointly develops the Firefox browser, in order to create an alternative to the dominant browser platform.

Netscape was overtaken by Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the late 1990s, sparking the Justice Department's landmark antitrust case against Microsoft.

Manansala · 02-15-2005, 02:48 PM

I wonder if the new IE7 will follow Web Standards and not make a mockery out of it just like what the older versions do.

"I like IE. It doesn't mean I don't use FF. Lynx rocks!"

EDIT: All IE you see... is broken.

xlogger · 02-15-2005, 02:56 PM

Fuck you Bill Gates!

go linux!!

Manowar · 02-15-2005, 02:58 PM

i wouldnt be suprised if it cut ref codes like some of the anti virus software does now.

cherrylula · 02-15-2005, 03:00 PM

time to seriously educate surfers about this shit. fuck ie.

MetaMan · 02-15-2005, 03:01 PM

after switching to firefox/mozilla i would never switch back, this browser is BY FAR the best ever made.

tony286 · 02-15-2005, 03:15 PM

I will never switch back firefox rocks

Focal · 02-15-2005, 03:19 PM

Fuck IE, firefox forever.

clickclickclick · 02-15-2005, 03:28 PM

i hope my shit still works on ie7

VirtuMike · 02-15-2005, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Manansala

I wonder if the new IE7 will follow Web Standards and not make a mockery out of it just like what the older versions do.

My misguided friend, if your browser controls 90-95% of the market, YOU are the standard. Anything anyone else puts out there has to be compatible with you.

jukeboxfrank · 02-15-2005, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VirtuMike

My misguided friend, if your browser controls 90-95% of the market, YOU are the standard. Anything anyone else puts out there has to be compatible with you.

you got that right....

StuartD · 02-15-2005, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by VirtuMike

My misguided friend, if your browser controls 90-95% of the market, YOU are the standard. Anything anyone else puts out there has to be compatible with you.

Exactly... organizations and commitees can say what ever they want about standards...

if I make something "standards compliant" and it doesn't work in IE.... to hell with the "standards"... I change it to work in IE.

Project-Shadow · 02-15-2005, 04:15 PM

I actually like I.E.. I use Firefox and other browers to see how my designs etc come out, but I use I.E for my normal browsing I dont know why everyone keeps bashing it.

flashfire · 02-15-2005, 04:15 PM

firefox is king, they should just give up

$5 submissions · 02-15-2005, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Focal

Fuck IE, firefox forever.

WHat he said. When we used to do manual tgp/mgp submissions, we used to use IE. At the end of every session, we'd have to devote 15 mins to cleaning out toolbars and hunting for security breaches. When we switched to Firefox, problems disappeared.

GatorB · 02-15-2005, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

WHat he said. When we used to do manual tgp/mgp submissions, we used to use IE. At the end of every session, we'd have to devote 15 mins to cleaning out toolbars and hunting for security breaches. When we switched to Firefox, problems disappeared.

That only means you weren't using a firewall or anti virus or anti-spyware. So that would make you stupid.

GatorB · 02-15-2005, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by tony404

I will never switch back firefox rocks

I guess if you like slow loading web pages.

Stamen · 02-15-2005, 04:35 PM

Firefox forever!

Only time I use IE anymore is to spot-check my new sites to make sure they at least render correctly.

Scootermuze · 02-15-2005, 05:11 PM

Probably end up with another blue screen of death when he attempts to
impress the press... Seems to be the thing with him...

MrJackMeHoff · 02-15-2005, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GatorB

I guess if you like slow loading web pages.

Maybe on your 386.. Not on mine.

yellowmenace · 02-15-2005, 06:14 PM

fuck microsoft, firefox is the bomb

$5 submissions · 02-15-2005, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GatorB

That only means you weren't using a firewall or anti virus or anti-spyware. So that would make you stupid.

Actually even with the latest anti virus and anti spyware, its a bitch to get a bead on the latest spyware and even if the program see the spyware its a bitch to remove. Example: coolwebsearch, etc.

Firefox just kicks ass.

But if you insist on using IE, go for it, bro.

Manansala · 02-15-2005, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VirtuMike

My misguided friend, if your browser controls 90-95% of the market, YOU are the standard. Anything anyone else puts out there has to be compatible with you.

You do have a point. Only those committees made those markups as clean as possible for coders that we use right now. Alas, it's neutral in my head. If we can use it, we'll use it, until it starts harming us and we blame the comittee. Hehehe! I like it!

GatorB · 02-15-2005, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MrJackMeHoff

Maybe on your 386.. Not on mine.

Not the best out there, but p4 3.06Ghz 533 FSB 512 MB PC3200 RAM

Fcat is web pages especially with loads of images loads VERY VERY slow. And I tried using the secret upgrade code people here have supplied. No change. Funny if it was my computer IE would be loading slow too wouldn't it?

dready · 02-15-2005, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GatorB

That only means you weren't using a firewall or anti virus or anti-spyware. So that would make you stupid.

Why bother when you can use Firefox... who's really the stupid one here?

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