desktoplinux.com — Firefox 2.0 is almost here, and Microsoft is expected to start pushing out Internet Explorer 7 to users via the Windows Automatic Update software-distribution mechanism by year's end. In short, the browser wars are about to begin again.
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Closed AccountOct 14, 2006
Well many users still do not know that there are other browsers than just IE. The new IE 7 will seem like a great innovation to them instead of just a copying of features off of firefox.Blech, I sound like the Opera fans who had the same thing to say Firefox a few years ago :)Anyway......IE7 is going to look like a big innovation. I hope firefox 2 looks like more than just an incremental release( at several end user visible changes....significant changes, not just shifting menus around )
subgeniusdOct 14, 2006
Well MS has finally gotten very serious about desktop security. Whether or not that translates into actual security enhancements remains to be seen. If we had 99% of the DarkSide hammering Linux 24/7/365 we would not be so "loud and proud" about our inherent security advantages. FF 2.0 will have to be something really special to get me to switch back from Opera 9.02.......but I'm looking forward to trying it out.