Microsoft has been scant on details about the long overdue update to their web browser Internet Explorer 7. However rumours are that they are adding a heap of stuff that Firefox already has, including tabbed browsing, RSS reader, transparent PNG’s, IDN support and better security by default. However apparently they do not plan to fully adopt CSS2 which is something that has been on the developer wish list for a very long time now. So, what we end up with, is Microsoft making a Firefox look-alike that doesn’t support the new standards as well and is still built closely into Windows, and this is supposed to turn people off swapping to Firefox? Also, IE7 is only available for XP SP2 XP64 and Server 2003 SP1, so if you use 98/ME/2000 and you want an up to date browser, you’ll have to use Firefox because MS has abandoned you. Read the Microsoft-Watch report for more.
