articles.techrepublic.com.com — Internet Explorer 7 is designed to make browsing safer. Here's a quick rundown of some of the new security features, including Active X opt-in, the Phishing Filter, cross-domain security, enhanced privacy protection, and an international character alert.
Oct 30, 2006 View in Crawl 4
noamsmlOct 31, 2006
Did you notice how many of those "features" are simply trying to fix the horrible mistake that ActiveX was? I really don't get how Microsoft can count fixing an insecurely designed mechanism THAT ONLY THEY USED as a security feature which can be compared to those of other browsers.
kozieOct 31, 2006
*by Range Rover I meant Opera...
bifftaOct 31, 2006
Ah but have made a version for Ubuntu?
sakurazOct 31, 2006
Reason IE views was one of the top downloads was because so many websites were not following the standards, thanks to the IE's popularity and arrogance.I think that's why the internet looks better on IE, because it was designed for it.only because it's the one who didn't follow the standards, and everyone was using it.I'm not saying Firefox is perfect, like you've pointed out.my firefox was crashing when I was exiting every session I watched a quicktime video.Fixed with FF2.But I want standards.Period.
chintalOct 31, 2006
"and an interface that makes it harder to select low or medium low security."does anyone else thinks that doesnt sound very nice... ?
darkliquidOct 31, 2006
Anti-phising filter has already been defeated.
rolotomasieOct 31, 2006
That's great, but I'm still waiting for tabbed IE.
raindog469Oct 31, 2006
By default, at least in FF1.5 under Linux, you can't install software from any sites at all except mozdev.org (and not even all the mozdev.org sites, just the main one.) You have to manually add the site to the "OK to run software from here" list, and even then it still makes you wait 4 seconds before installing.I haven't tried IE7 (little OS compatibility issue...) but it was certainly easier to inadvertently let malware install under IE6.