Microsoft has released the final version of IE7 today after nearly two years of development.
From the IE Blog:
“When I first posted publicly about IE7, I wrote that we would go further to defend users from phishing and malicious software. The Phishing Filter and the architectural work in IE7 around networking and ActiveX opt-in will help keep users more secure. IE7 also delivers a much easier browsing experience with features like tabbed browsing (especially with QuickTabs), shrink-to-fit printing, an easily customizable search box, and a new design that leaves more screen real estate for the web site you’re viewing. IE7’s CSS improvements are incredibly important for developers as many of you have made quite clear. I also think IE7’s RSS experience and platform are important, powerful, and innovative.”
A customized version of IE7 from Yahoo! is also available with a promise that the next few days will see releases from partners like Weather.com and USA TODAY.
If you are still using IE6 and are unwilling to use Firefox for some reason, picking up IE7 would definitely be a good idea. I have been tinkering with it since the first beta and it is a much more modern and secure experience than the extremely antiquated IE6.
Click here to download IE7. The release should also be made available via Windows update within the next few days.
If you are a Firefox user, 2.0 RC3 is now available. Now that IE7 is out expect to see the final version of Firefox 2.0 quickly follow suit.
