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.
Link: IEBlog Article
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.
Link: IEBlog Article
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7.? or 7 million
Just 7.
This doesn't mean that I haven't used IE 7, I also have Vista x86 loaded on a second drive for dual booting. Even on Vista Firefox is my primary and preferred browser, and IE 7 is merely Microsoft's attempt to catch up with where the industry was heading. Is IE 7 better? About the same if you're asking if a Ford Impala is better than a Plymouth GTO. Both have their uses (and I'm still trying to figure out what IE 7's use is) and both are aimed at different markets. Firefox is aimed at folks who are tired of Microsoft's products, and IE 7 is aimed at the majority of users who have to call tech support to find the 'ON' switch.
Same here. I installed IE7 for the same reasons I install any Microsoft product. For the exciting thrill of a challenge and the added bonus adrenaline rush when my system is compromised.
Ha ha, yeah, that's a good one.
Ha ha, yeah, that's a good one.
Ok, let's see... for the record, Internet Explorer only recently added support for tabbed browsing. Before then, it was 2003 when Firefox ( then known as Phoenix ) had tabbed browsing support. Opera? They have tabbed browsing two years previous, in 2001. Now, you could have gotten tabbed browsing in IE if you didn't want to use IE and instead use Avant, but Avant was usually too unstable on my systems to be productive with.
There's quite a few other 'additions' like RSS that Microsoft only now introduced, so yes... I'll stand by my statement that Microsoft was simply attempting to catch up with the rest of the industry.
Yup in agreement there, im just far too stubborn to give up my seamonkey, that why the whole Firefox Vs IE thing makes me laugh
I'll only have it, if it comes bundled with Windows.
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You won’t need to download it for Windows Vista as it has IE7 built in ...
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I like firefox but the latest version disappointed me. Firefox 2.0 crashes like hell even worse than Firefox 1.0. And it is memory hog as well. However, beside all that, it is safe feeling to use firefox that is what firefox has for its credibility.
Last edited by superhuman on 16 Jan 2007 - 06:25
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