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    • Yes, I only use other browsers for the tabs
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    • Yes, I just want the enhanced security
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    • I already use IE
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    • No, I need my mouse gestures and other features
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    • No, M$ is 73h $uck
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    • No, i use linux/OSX and MS doesnt like me
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    • No, i use win 9x/2k and MS doesnt care about me
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That ENTIRELY depends on its feature set, which was strangely enough not an option.

I mean, if it sucks, of course I won't use it. I'm not that stupid.

We also have strange options like

"No, I need my mouse gestures and other features"

What if it has mouse gestures then?

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if you read the first post, i said that

"IF IE7 disabled activeX and became more secure and added tabbed browsing, would you switch back from firefox/opera?"

from what we know now, it will have tabs, it will be more secure, it wont have mouse gestures and it wont support standards better. thats the feature set.

Personal preference

I'd move back, if they brought in proper png support instead of this crap parsing through a directx filter garbage (I know it was mentioned in the first post, but it really does annoy me that they don't support this properly, especially considering that the Mac IE does.)

If it had tabs, possibly, but it would have to be more then just tabbed browsing to make me move.

Work preference on the other hand...

From managing a high school network point of view, I can't use firefox as it doesn't provide the security measures/options/restritions that I need to be able to deploy it to stop kids from changing proxy settings, restrictions, etc etc to stop those virus' coming in on activex components amoungst other things.

So from a work perspective bring on the IE7 anything thats more secure.

I would only switch back if it had what I wanted. I have FF running perfectly now, it does only what I need and nothing else. I am very happy with it. On the contrary I know that IE 7 will be different from the other IEs so I will keep an open mind and give it a shot. I will change back if it is good

I can't settle on a browser.

IE is good and tabbed browsing isn't important to me.

Opera 8 Beta is excellent. But, do I want two browsers on my pc?

Firefox, still good, but limitations in my hotmail and other web pages annoys me.

At this stage pick of the crop is Opera 8 Beta for my browsing.

IE7 has got me interested, but it's months away. :/

Expecting PNG Alpha Transparency support,CSS2,CSS3,Tabbed Browsing.

i have firefox installed,but i use it few times.i love IE

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You expect a lot. After all, they don't even have full CSS1 support with XHTML right now. :laugh:

  • 3 weeks later...

Personally, I won't switch even when they release the new version. What is nice is that for those sites that don't work with firefox and never will, the enhanced version will be nice.

But for work, all our applications are coded for ActiveX so for those who are in the workforce and can only utilize Internet Explorer, it will be nice to have out. We run into so many spyware problems with users going to sites they shouldn't. It's the business use and average joe that really needs this newest version.

...I really hope Mozilla remains competitive for a really long time, whether you are an IE fan or a Mozilla freak, we all benefit from the competition. Just look how the security debate has spurned Microsoft into bettering their browser with the upcoming IE7 offering. :)

Personally, I use both, but I really love the popup, ad-blocking and tabbed browsing functions of Firefox so IE would have to come a long way for it to win me over again.

...then again, I was a diehard Netscape user until IE 4.01 came out, so never say never! :p

Mozilla Firefox is the only way to go?:yes::

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Not really.

What would you use if you had to go to Windows Update?

Besides there are other browsers (and their fanboys)

@r3v3rb: Is that supposed to be a girl's chest in the sig? Looks too manly to me. :rofl::

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